Whitehead v. State

Banke, Judge.

The defendant was convicted of three counts of public indecency on evidence that he exposed his sexual organ to three young girls. He enumerates as error the denial of his motion for directed verdict. His motion before the trial court set forth no supporting grounds and was unaccompanied by argument. Held:

A directed verdict of acquittal is permitted “where there is no conflict in the evidence, and the evidence introduced, with all reasonable deductions and inferences therefrom, shall demand a verdict of acquittal or ‘not guilty. . .’ ” Code Ann. § 27-1802 (a).

The state’s evidence…