State v. Bolin

BOBBITT, Chief Justice.

Defendant assigns as error (1) the court’s denial of his motion under G.S. 15-173 for judgment as in case of nonsuit, (2) the court’s denial of his motion as in case of nonsuit in respect of the charge of murder in the first degree, and (3) portions of the court’s charge to the jury.

The applicable substantive law is well settled and need not be restated. For the elements of murder in the first degree, see State v. Reams, 277 N.C. 391, 401-02, 178 S.E. 2d 65, 71 (1970), and cases cited. For the elements of murder in the second degree and of voluntary manslaughter, see…