State v. Barnette

HEDRICK, Chief Judge.

Defendant assigns as error the trial court’s denial of his motion to dismiss at the close of all evidence. He contends the evidence of defendant’s guilt offered by the State was insufficient for submission to the jury. We disagree.

*201A motion of nonsuit in a criminal case requires the trial judge to consider all evidence “in .the light most favorable to the State, take it as true, and give the State the benefit of every reasonable inference to be drawn therefrom.” State v. Bass, 303 N.C. 267, 270, 278 S.E.2d 209, 212 (1981). Where the State relies on fingerprint evidence at…