State v. Bush

338 S.E.2d 590 (1986)

STATE of North Carolina

v.

Terrence Jose BUSH.

No. 856SC712.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

January 21, 1986.

Atty. Gen. Lacy H. Thornburg by Asst. Atty. Gen. David R. Minges, Raleigh, for the State.

Taylor & McLean by Donnie R. Taylor, Ahasbie, for defendant-appellant.

WHICHARD, Judge.

Defendant contends the court erred in denying his motions to dismiss the armed robbery charge for insufficiency of the evidence and in instructing the jury on that offense. He relies primarily on State v. Holland, 234 N.C. 354, 67 S.E.2d 272 (1951).

The test applied in Holland was that the…