State v. Love

The evidence was insufficient to fix the defendant with the ownership or possession of the eight pints of liquor found by the officers in the fear baggage compartment. The bus driver did not see the defendant open the compartment, did not see him place anything in the compartment, and could not identify the bag as the one he had seen in the possession of the defendant. Evidence which does no more than raise a strong suspicion is not sufficient. S. v. Carter, 204 N.C. 304, 168 S.E. 204; S. v. Watts, 224 N.C. 771, 32 S.E. 2d 348; S. v. Kirkman, 224 N.C. 778, 32 S.E. 2d 328; S. v. Murphy, 225…