STATE v. BRANNON

No. 4.

67 S.E.2d 633 (1951)

234 N.C. 474

STATE v. BRANNON et al.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

November 21, 1951.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

C. E. Hyde and O. L. Anderson, Murphy, for appellants.

Harry McMullan, Atty. Gen., and T. W. Bruton, Asst. Atty. Gen., for the State.


DENNY, Justice.

The failure of the court below to sustain the defendants' motion for judgment as of nonsuit, and their motion for a directed verdict of acquittal as to the charge of murder in the second degree, is assigned as error.

The ruling of the court below on these motions was proper and will be upheld. It is true the defendants were law enforcement officers and are contending that they killed the deceased in self defense while in the discharge of their...

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