Scott v. State

OPINION

By the Court, Badt, J.:

Appellant was convicted of willfully and lewdly committing a lewd or lascivious act upon the body of a girl aged 8% years. Section 10143, N.C.L.1943-1949 Supp. While numerous errors are assigned in support of his appeal, his main assignments are: (1) insufficiency of the evidence to support the verdict, and (2) errors in the giving and refusal of instructions to the jury. We first dispose of these assignments and then discuss the other questions raised.(1) It is unnecessary to discuss the facts in detail. The offense occurred August 20, 1953, on the outskirts of…