State v. Foster

SHARP, Chief Justice.

Defendant brings forward seven assignments of error. We consider first his assignment No. 4, which is the basis for his assertion that “the major question presented by this appeal” is whether the trial judge erred in refusing to direct a verdict of not guilty as to defendant Foster after the jury had acquitted defendant Boulware. Defendant Foster stresses the fact that although the State’s case against both defendants Foster and Boulware depended upon the testimony of Martin, who implicated them both in the attempted robbery, the jury acquitted Boulware and “convicted…