State v. Lang

JOHNSON, Judge.

Defendant presents three arguments on appeal. First, defendant contends the court erred by denying his motion for nonsuit on the grounds that the State failed to present sufficient evidence of each element of the crime charged. We disagree.

The elements of obtaining property by false pretense are that the defendant (1) obtained or attempted to obtain value from another, (2) by a false representation of a past or subsisting fact or of a future fulfillment or event, (3) which was intended and calculated to deceive, and (4) which does, in fact, deceive. State v. Cronin, 299 N.C.…