State v. Vietto

COPELAND, Justice.

The defendant contends the trial court erred in denying her motion for a directed verdict of not guilty at the close of all of the *12evidence. We agree; therefore, the decision of the Court of Appeals must be reversed.

The trial judge correctly charged the jury that to convict the defendant of violating G.S. 115-166, the State must prove beyond a reasonable doubt that for the time period specified in the indictment, the defendant caused her child not to attend a public school or a nonpublic one that had been approved by the State Board of Education,2 The State’s proof that…