State v. Williams

BRANCH, Justice.

Defendant assigns as error the trial judge’s failure to state the evidence and apply the law thereto as required by G.S. 1-180. He argues that the judge did nothing more than to state the contentions of the parties. The portion of the charge to which defendant excepts is as follows:

Now, ladies and gentlemen of the jury, the law imposes upon me the responsibility of reviewing the evidence sufficiently for you to understand my charge as to law. . . .

The State contends that some of the evidence favorable to the State is as follows: That on the 10th day of September, 1975, about…