State v. Murphy

184 S.E.2d 845 (1971)

280 N.C. 1

STATE of North Carolina

v.

Marcellus MURPHY.

No. 18.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

December 15, 1971.

Bethea, Robinson & Moore by Norwood E. Robinson, Reidsville, for defendant appellant.

Robert Morgan, Atty. Gen., William W. Melvin and T. Buie Costen, Asst. Attys. Gen., for the State of North Carolina.

HUSKINS, Justice:

Defendant's sole assignment of error is based on denial of his motion for judgment of nonsuit. He contends that the evidence, taken as true and considered in the light most favorable to the State, fails to make out a case of kidnapping. We now examine…