STATE v. WARD

No. 713SC502.

182 S.E.2d 661 (1971)

12 N.C. App. 159

STATE of North Carolina v. Johnny WARD, alias Johnny Sparrow.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

August 4, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Atty. Gen. Robert Morgan by Staff Atty. Roy A. Giles, Jr., Raleigh, for the State.

John H. Harmon, New Bern, for defendant-appellant.


BROCK, Judge.

Defendant assigns as error the denial of his motion for judgment of nonsuit, and the portion of the Court's charge to the jury relating to the doctrine of recent possession. Viewing the evidence in the light most favorable to the State, as we must upon a motion for nonsuit, we think that the evidence was sufficient to carry the case to the jury under the doctrine of recent possession. The portion of the charge to which defendant excepts was a correct...

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