State v. Livingston

MORRIS, Judge.

By her first assignment of error, defendant contends that the trial court should have granted her motion for a directed verdict. This motion has the same legal effect as a motion to dismiss the action or a motion for judgment as in case of nonsuit, and it challenges the sufficiency of the State’s evidence to take the case *168to the jury. State v. Williams, 286 N.C. 422, 212 S.E. 2d 113 (1975). Defendant presented evidence in this case, and we, therefore, consider only her motion for a directed verdict made at the close of all the evidence. State v. Chavis, 30 N.C. App. 75, 226 S.E.…