State v. Bryant

HIGGINS, Justice.

The State’s evidence discloses ample support for every essential element of the capital offense charged in the indictment. The defendant as a witness for himself corroborates all essential elements of the offense except the use of force. Although he claimed the prosecuting witness consented, even so, he admitted when he approached her automobile he had an open knife in his pocket, “. . . (B)ecause I didn’t know what I was liable to run into when I got in the car.” The evidence required its submission to the jury on the capital felony charged. State v. Shutt, 279 N.C. 689, 185…