State v. Sampson

CLARK, Judge.

The evidence, considered in the light most favorable to the State, was sufficient to show that defendant, acting in concert with Charles Bryant, unlawfully restrained and removed Coker from' one place to another for the purpose of committing the crime of armed robbery, in violation of the new kidnapping statute, G.S. 14-39(a)(2). The trial court properly denied defends ant’s motions for judgment as of nonsuit and to set aside the verdict.

Defendant assigns as error the admission of Coker’s testimony that while riding in the car he heard Charles Bryant tell defendant “that Royal…