State v. Hedrick

The single question presented by this appeal is whether the evidence offered below was sufficient to take the case to the jury over the. defendant Snow’s motion for judgment as of nonsuit.

A conspiracy may be defined as a combination or agreement between two or more persons to do an unlawful act or to do a lawful act in an unlawful way or by unlawful means. S. v. Whiteside, 204 N.C. 710, 712, 169 S.E. 711; S. v. Hicks, 233 N.C. 511, 64 S.E. 2d 871; S. v. Summerlin, 232 N.C. 333, 60 S.E. 2d 322; S. v. Davenport, 227 N.C. 475, 42 S.E. 2d 686; S. v. Lea, 203 N.C. 13, 164 S.E. 737. The unlawful…