STATE v. WEEMS

No. 765SC542.

230 S.E.2d 193 (1976)

31 N.C. App. 569

STATE of North Carolina v. Willie WEEMS.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

December 1, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Atty. Gen. Rufus L. Edmisten by Special Deputy Atty. Gen. Edwin M. Speas, Jr., Raleigh, for the State.

Jay D. Hockenbury, Wilmington, for defendant-appellant.


PARKER, Judge.

The question presented is whether the evidence was sufficient to withstand defendant's motion for nonsuit. We hold that it was not.

"An accused's possession of narcotics may be actual or constructive. He has possession of the contraband material within the meaning of the law when he has both the power and intent to control its disposition or use." State v. Harvey, 281 N.C. 1, 12, 187 S...

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