STATE v. BURTON

No. 504.

158 S.E.2d 883 (1968)

272 N.C. 687

STATE of North Carolina v. Lawrence Redman BURTON and Joseph Samuel Miller.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

February 2, 1968.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Atty. Gen. T. W. Bruton and Staff Atty. A. A. Vanore, Raleigh, for the State.

L. Bruce McDaniel and Garland B. Daniel, Raleigh, for defendants.


BRANCH, Justice.

The principal question presented for decision is whether the possession by defendants, under the conditions stated, of the identical instrument used in the safecracking was sufficient to repel their motions for nonsuit.

Our research does not reveal a case in this jurisdiction where possession of tools used to effect a burglary or a safecracking was the sole evidence relied upon by the State.

There is ample evidence that someone "did...

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