Case Name: STATE v. JAMES ABSON BROWN
Court: Supreme Court of North Carolina
Jurisdiction: North Carolina
Decision Date: 1964-09-23
Citations: 262 N.C. 495
Docket Number: 
Parties: STATE v. JAMES ABSON BROWN.
Judges: 
Reporter: North Carolina Reports
Volume: 262
Pages: 495–495

Head Matter:
STATE v. JAMES ABSON BROWN.
(Filed 23 September, 1964.)
Appeal by defendant from May, Special Judge, March 9, 1964, Session of CRAVEN.
Defendant was tried in Craven Superior Court on a bill of indictment charging that defendant, on June 29, 1963, in said county, “unlawfully and willfully did drive a motor vehicle upon the public highways of North Carolina while under the influence of intoxicating liquor and narcotic drugs,” etc. The jury returned a verdict of guilty as charged. Thereupon, the court pronounced judgment in which a prison sentence was imposed but suspended on specified conditions. Defendant appealed.
Attorney General Bruton and Deputy Attorney General McGalliard for the State.
Charles L. Abemethy, Jr., for defendant appellant.

Opinion:
Per Curiam.
The evidence, when considered in the light most favorable to the State, was sufficient to require submission to the jury and to support the verdict; and careful consideration of each of defendant's assignments of error fails to disclose any error of law for which a new trial should be awarded. The determinative issue was one of fact; and, after a trial free from prejudicial error, the jury, upon conflicting evidence, resolved the crucial issue against defendant.
No error.