STATE v. KING

No. 7428SC1003.

214 S.E.2d 597 (1975)

STATE of North Carolina v. Joseph Edward KING.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

May 21, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Atty. Gen. Rufus L. Edmisten by Asst. Atty. Gen. Charles M. Hensey, Raleigh, for the State.

Robert S. Swain, Asheville, for defendant appellant.


VAUGHN, Judge.

Defendant did not deny the shootings but contended that he believed his actions necessary in order to save himself and his wife from death or great bodily harm. The reasonableness of that belief was one of the critical issues the jury had to resolve. Defendant offered evidence as to the character of the deceased as a violent and dangerous man and that defendant knew this. "When and after such evidence is offered by the defendant and admitted by the...

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