STATE v. CHAMBERS

No. 7226SC140.

188 S.E.2d 54 (1972)

14 N.C.App. 249

STATE of North Carolina v. Mary Elizabeth CHAMBERS.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

April 26, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Atty. Gen. Robert Morgan and Asst. Attys. Gen. William W. Melvin and William B. Ray, for the State.

Carl W. Howard, Charlotte, for defendant appellant.


HEDRICK, Judge.

The defendant first contends that the court committed prejudicial error in its instructions to the jury in the matter of self-defense. We do not agree.

The evidence of the State and the defendant was in sharp conflict as to exactly how the prosecuting witness happened to get shot. All of the evidence tended to show that an argument between the parties had ended and the defendant had gone into her house. The defendant's evidence tended to show...

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