State v. Atkins

Brailsford, Justice.

The defendants were convicted of receiving stolen goods and they have appealed. * The sole exception charges that the court “erred in failing to grant a directed verdict of not guilty as to each defendant, the error being that the evidence was insufficient to establish the guilt of the defendants.” Absent challenge by the State, we have disregarded the generality of this exception (Shell v. Brown, 243 S. C. 380, 134 S. E. (2d) 214) and have examined the testimony in the light of defendants’ argument. We have no hesitancy in concluding that the evidence, to which we refer…