STATE v. PARKER

No. 680.

157 S.E.2d 666 (1967)

272 N.C. 142

STATE of North Carolina v. J. M. PARKER.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

November 29, 1967.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas Wade Bruton, Atty. Gen., William W. Melvin, Asst. Atty. Gen., T. Buie Costen, Staff Atty., Raleigh, for the State.

Morgan, Byerly, Post & Keziah, by, David M. Watkins, High Point, for defendant appellant.


PER CURIAM:

Both the State and defendant offered evidence. The State's evidence, which the jury accepted, was sufficient to establish defendant's guilt as charged in the indictment; defendant's evidence tended to show that defendant shot Riggs in defense of himself, his wife, and his habitation. Defendant does not contend that he was entitled to a nonsuit. As warranting a new trial, however, he assigns as error the following portion of the trial judge's charge to...

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