State v. Dix

188 S.E.2d 737 (1972)

14 N.C. App. 328

STATE of North Carolina

v.

Billy C. DIX.

No. 7217SC333.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

May 24, 1972.

Atty. Gen. Robert Morgan, by Asst. Atty. Gen. Howard P. Satisky for the State.

Gwyn, Gwyn & Morgan, by Melzer A. Morgan, Jr., Reidsville, for defendant appellant.

BRITT, Judge.

Defendant assigns as error the failure of the trial court to allow his timely made motions for nonsuit of the charge of kidnapping.

The evidence presented at trial tended to show: On 19 April 1970 at about 1:30 a. m. defendant knocked on the front door of the Rockingham County jail. The…