STATE v. McKINNON

No. 7025SC567.

177 S.E.2d 299 (1970)

9 N.C. App. 724

STATE of North Carolina v. Jerome McKINNON.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

November 18, 1970.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert Morgan, Atty. Gen., by William Lewis Sauls, Staff Atty., Raleigh, for the State.

Thomas W. Warlick, Corne & Warlick, Newton, for defendant appellant.


GRAHAM, Judge.

Defendant assigns as error the failure of the court to declare and explain the law arising on the evidence given in the case as required by G.S. § 1-180. This assignment of error is well taken. The court instructed the jury as to the necessary elements of the offense charged and each lesser included offense without any reference to the evidence offered in this case. Near the conclusion of the charge the court stated:

"Now, members of the...

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