State v. Peters

The appellant assigns as error the refusal of the court below to grant his motion for judgment as of nonsuit made at the close of the State’s evidence and renewed at the close of all the evidence. The State offered ample evidence to take the case to the jury, and this assignment of -error is overruled.

The defendant also assigns as error the court’s examination of the State’s witness Bob Alexander. '

In our opinion, the questions asked by the court went far beyond an effort to obtain a proper understanding and clarification of the witness’ testimony. The questions propounded by the court would…