State v. Williams

BOBBITT, Chief Justice.

Defendant excepted to and assigns as error the court’s denial of his motions for judgments as in case of nonsuit.

When considered in the light most favorable to the State, there was evidence sufficient to permit a jury to find that defendant, in violation of G.S. 14-34.1, discharged Sherrill Bryant’s .22 rifle into the building in which Adams’s poolroom was operated and which was then occupied by Herman Adams and by Carlton Adams; that he did so wilfully and wantonly; and that the bullet so discharged by defendant proximately caused the death of Herman Adams. Defendant’s…