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STATE v. ALSTON

No. 7315SC213.

195 S.E.2d 312 (1973)

17 N.C. App. 718

STATE of North Carolina v. Dorsey ALSTON.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

March 28, 1973.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Atty. Gen. Robert Morgan by Asst. Atty. Gen. Charles M. Hensey, for the State.

Michael D. Levine, Chapel Hill, for defendant.

BROCK, Judge.

Defendant assigns as error that the trial judge sustained the State's objection to questions concerning deceased's reputation as a violent and dangerous fighting man. In a homicide prosecution, where there is evidence of self-defense, the general character of the deceased as a violent and dangerous man is competent, if such character was known to the defendant. State v. Johnson, 270 N.C. 215, 154 S.E.2d...

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