Legal Opinion
State v. Burnette
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Decided May 4, 1955No. 435Published
1Opinion of the Court
87 S.E.2d 191 (1955)
242 N.C. 164
STATE of North Carolina
v.
Bernice Lee BURNETTE.
No. 435.
Supreme Court of North Carolina.
May 4, 1955.
Harry McMullan, Atty. Gen., and Ralph Moody, Asst. Atty. Gen., for the State.
Taylor & Mitchell, Raleigh, for defendant-appellant.
PARKER, Justice.
We have here for determination (1) the sufficiency of the evidence to carry the case to the jury, and (2) the adequacy and correctness of the charge.
The defendant assigns as error the failure of the court to sustain his motion for judgment of nonsuit made at the close of the State's case, the defendant offered no evidence,…
Also in this document: Dissent.
2Cases cited35 opinions
- Sorrells v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1932
- Grimm v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1895
- Butts v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1921
- State v. . MasseySupreme Court of North Carolina · 1882
- Robinson v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1929
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