BAUGH, BOUGH v. State

Duckworth, Chief Justice.

1. The first amended ground of the motion for new trial complains of the ruling denying a motion by the defendant’s counsel for a directed verdict of not guilty, made when the first witness for the State left the witness chair. It is not error in a criminal case to refuse to direct a verdict of not guilty. Williams v. State, 206 Ga. 107 (10) (55 S. E. 2d 589); Coleman v. State, 211 Ga. 704 (88 S. E. 2d 381). However, the basis for the motion here is that, without knowing or waiting until the State rested to see what other evidence would be offered, the motion for a…