North Carolina General Statutes Chapter 15A. Criminal Procedure Act § 15A-1227. Motion for dismissal

(a) A motion for dismissal for insufficiency of the evidence to sustain a conviction may be made at the following times:

(b) Failure to make the motion at the close of the State's evidence or after all the evidence is not a bar to making the motion at a later time as provided in subsection (a).

(c) The judge must rule on a motion to dismiss for insufficiency of the evidence before the trial may proceed.

(d) The sufficiency of all evidence introduced in a criminal case is reviewable on appeal without regard to whether a motion has been made during trial, as provided in G.S. 15A-1446(d)(5).