State v. Teat

MORRIS, Judge.

Defendant first assigns as error the failure of the court to grant his motion for judgment as of nonsuit made at the close of the State’s evidence and at the close of all the evidence, and his motion for mistrial made at the close of all the evidence. He concedes that, taking the evidence in the light most favor able to the State, there was sufficient evidence to take both charges to the jury. We commend counsel for his candor. The evidence for the State reveals a brutal beating, robbery, and subsequent murder. The evidence is conflicting with respect to whether defendant or his…