State v. Dunn

PARKER, Judge.

Defendant assigns error to the overruling of his motions for nonsuit. He contends that the evidence shows only that Fortune dropped the groceries in order to aid his escape and that it fails to show that the groceries were taken from Fortune’s person by use of a rifle. We find the evidence amply sufficient to allow the case against defendant to go to the jury.

“The gravamen of the offense [of armed robbery, G.S. 14-87] is the endangering or threatening of human life by the use or threatened use of firearms or other dangerous weapons in the perpetration of or even in the attempt…