State v. Barnette

385 S.E.2d 163 (1989)

STATE of North Carolina

v.

Robert Charles BARNETTE.

No. 8927SC200.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

November 7, 1989.

Atty. Gen. Lacy H. Thornburg by Associate Atty. Gen. Elaine A. Dawkins, Raleigh, for the State.

Asst. Public Defender Joseph F. Lyles, Gastonia, for defendant, appellant.

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.

A motion to nonsuit in a criminal case…