State v. Brown

Defendant assigns as error the failure to allow his motion for judgment of compulsory nonsuit made at the close of the State’s evidence and renewed at the close of all the evidence.

Since the defendant introduced evidence in his own behalf, his assignment of error must be directed to the Court’s refusal to grant his motion for compulsory nonsuit at the close of all the evidence. State v. Howell, 261 N.C. 657, 135 S.E. 2d 625; State v. Weaver, 228 N.C. 39, 44 S.E. 2d 360; 2 Strong, N. C. Index 2d, Criminal Law, § 105, p. 653.

J. A. Woodham testified: That on 22 June 1967, he was employed as the…