State v. Baggett

237 S.E.2d 827 (1977)

293 N.C. 307

STATE of North Carolina

v.

William Deems BAGGETT.

No. 17.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

October 11, 1977.

Atty. Gen. Rufus L. Edmisten by Asst. Atty. Gen. Claude W. Harris, Raleigh, for the State.

David J. Turlington, Jr., Clinton, for the defendant.

COPELAND, Justice.

The questions for our consideration relate to defendant's two assignments of error, maintaining (1) there was insufficient evidence to support a verdict of first-degree murder and further contending (2) that the trial judge should have set aside the verdict of guilty. We find no merit in either of…