State v. Minor

COPELAND, Justice.

Defendant makes a number of assignments of error, but we first consider the question of whether the trial court committed prejudicial error in denying defendant Minor’s motion for non-suit at the close of all the evidence.

“If there is any evidence tending to prove the fact of guilt or which reasonably leads to this conclusion as a fairly logical and legitimate deduction, and not such as merely raises a suspicion or conjecture of guilt, it is for the jury to say whether they are convinced beyond a reasonable doubt of guilt.” 2 Strong’s N.C. Index 2d, Criminal Law § 106 at…