STATE v. DAVIS

No. 7318SC433.

197 S.E.2d 6 (1973)

18 N.C. App. 436

STATE of North Carolina v. Odell DAVIS.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

June 13, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Atty. Gen. Robert Morgan by Asst. Atty. Gen. R. S. Weathers, Raleigh, for the State.

Wallace C. Harrelson, Public Defender, Eighteenth Judicial District, Greensboro, for defendant appellant.


BALEY, Judge.

The only assignments of error brought forward by defendant concern the charge of the court. In our view the charge was comprehensive and fair and fully presented the contentions of the defendant and the law as it applied to the facts in this case.

Defendant relied upon his plea of self-defense. The plea of self-defense rests upon necessity, real or apparent. One may kill in defense of himself if he believes it to be necessary and has a...

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