State v. Stallings

EAGLES, Judge.

The dispositive question presented by this appeal is whether the State presented evidence that defendant was the perpetrator of the armed robbery sufficient to withstand defendant’s motion to dismiss.

I

The law governing questions of the sufficiency of the evidence in criminal cases is well established. See State v. Earnhardt, 307 N.C. 62, 296 S.E. 2d 649 (1982); State v. Bell, 65 N.C. App. 234, 309 S.E. 2d 464 (1983), aff’d, 311 N.C. 299, 316 S.E. 2d 72 (1984) (per curiam). Briefly summarized, the law requires the State in a criminal prosecution to present to the jury substantial…