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STATE v. WEST

No. 7310SC809.

203 S.E.2d 86 (1974)

21 N.C. App. 58

STATE of North Carolina v. Billy Ray WEST.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

Certiorari Denied May 8, 1974.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Atty. Gen. Robert Morgan by Associate Atty. Richard F. Kane, Raleigh, for the State.

H. Spencer Barrow, Raleigh, for defendant.

Certiorari Denied by Supreme Court May 8, 1974.

BROCK, Chief Judge.

Defendant first assigns as error that the trial judge explained to the jury that the term "reasonable doubt" meant "possibility of innocence". In State v. Chaney, 15 N.C. App. 166, 189 S.E.2d 594, we held that an instruction identical to the one complained of here was not prejudicial although we did not commend it. The instruction complained of was adopted...

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