State v. Hill

BRANCH, Chief Justice.

Defendant first assigns as error the denial of his motions to dismiss the charge of first-degree murder on the ground that there was insufficient evidence of premeditation and deliberation.

In State v. Corn, 303 N.C. 293, 278 S.E. 2d 221 (1981), we stated the familiar standards governing the sufficiency of evidence of premeditation and deliberation:

In order for the trial court to submit a charge of first degree murder to the jury, there must have been substantial evidence presented from which a jury could determine that the defendant intentionally shot and killed the…