State v. Pittman

VAUGHN, Judge.

The State, in a diligently prepared case, presented evidence which was more than sufficient to withstand defendant’s motions for nonsuit. Defendant’s assignments of error based on the denial of these motions are overruled.

Defendant’s assignments of error directed to the charge of the court are meritorious. In a very brief charge the court’s explanation of the law consisted largely of a reading of the statute under which defendant was charged.

“When a person is on trial, charged with having committed a statutory crime, it is not sufficient for the court merely to read the statute…