STATE v. WALKER

No. 7723SC300.

238 S.E.2d 666 (1977)

34 N.C. App. 485

STATE of North Carolina v. Albert Lebert WALKER, Jr.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

November 16, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Atty. Gen. Rufus L. Edmisten by Associate Atty. D. Grimes, Raleigh, for the State.

Gregory & Joyce by Dennis R. Joyce, Wilkesboro, for defendant-appellant.


CLARK, Judge.

The defendant brings forward in his brief only one assignment of error: that the trial judge, in instructing the jury on involuntary manslaughter, erred in stating that "the defendant's act was unlawful in using a deadly weapon in assaulting or shooting Harrison Shores."

A defendant may, in an appropriate factual situation, under his plea of not guilty, rely on more than one defense, e. g., (1) self-defense, and (2) accident. See State...

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