State v. Blake

EXUM, Chief Justice.

The question presented is whether the trial court erred in denying defendant’s motion to dismiss based upon the sufficiency of the evidence to support a conviction of second degree murder. We hold the evidence is sufficient to support a verdict of guilty of second degree murder and, therefore, affirm the decision of the Court of Appeals.

I

Defendant was charged in a proper bill of indictment with the murder of Douglas McLamb. At trial, the evidence presented by the state tended to show the following:

On Saturday, 20 October 1984, between 6:30 and 7 p.m., defendant Blake and…