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STATE v. HUNT

No. 7514SC498.

221 S.E.2d 720 (1976)

28 N.C. App. 486

STATE of North Carolina v. Benjamin T. HUNT.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

February 4, 1976.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Atty. Gen. Rufus L. Edmisten by Associate Atty. Jerry J. Rutledge and Asst. Atty. Gen. Robert P. Gruber, Raleigh, for the State.

Alwood B. Warren, Durham, for defendant-appellant.

ARNOLD, Judge.

Defendant assigns as error the failure of the trial court, in its final mandate, to instruct the jury to return a verdict of not guilty if they should find that defendant acted in self-defense. Defendant contends that under State v. Dooley, 285 N.C. 158, 203 S.E.2d 815 (1974), this is reversible error.

The trial judge is required to instruct the jury as to the law based...

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