Torain v. State

BRITT, Judge.

Defendant assigns as error the denial of his motions for judgment of nonsuit. The evidence, considered in the light most favorable, to the State, tended to show:

Around 8:45 p.m. on Friday, 25 August 1972, defendant, accompanied by Keith and Jackie Graves, drove an automobile to the grocery store of Julian Ray on Highway 54 near Carrboro. The purpose in going to the store was “to get some money.” Defendant stopped the car at the store and Keith and Jackie Graves entered the store, one with a sawed-off shotgun and the other with a pistol. The two who entered the store forced Ray to…