State v. Wade

GRAHAM, Judge.

Both defendants assign as error the denial of their motions for directed verdicts of not guilty made at the close of the State’s evidence and renewed at the close of all the evidence.

It is elementary that upon a motion for judgment as of nonsuit in a criminal action, the evidence must be considered by the court in the light most favorable to the State, all contradictions and discrepancies therein must be resolved in its favor and it must be given the benefit of every reasonable inference to be drawn from the evidence. State v. Cutler, 271 N.C. 379, 156 S.E. 2d 679; State v.…