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STATE v. MATTHEWS

No. 513.

138 S.E.2d 819 (1964)

263 N.C. 95

STATE of North Carolina v. Barbara Ann MATTHEWS.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

November 25, 1964.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Atty. Gen. T. W. Bruton and Asst. Atty. Gen. Richard T. Sanders, for the State.

Morgan, Byerly, Post, Van Anda & Keziah, High Point, for defendant.

PER CURIAM.

Defendant assigns as error the following portion of the charge on her right of self-defense:

"(B)ut the defendant does not meet the requirement of the law when she satisfied you members of the jury merely by the greater weight of the truth of facts she relies on in mitigation, justification or excuse * * * So the Court charges you that for a person to prove to the satisfaction of you members of the jury, that that is a degree of proof which might...

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