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STATE v. MARSH

No. 26.

237 S.E.2d 745 (1977)

293 N.C. 353

STATE of North Carolina v. Emmett L. MARSH.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

October 11, 1977.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Atty. Gen. Rufus L. Edmisten by Associate Atty. Daniel C. Oakley, Raleigh, for the State.

William H. Helms, Monroe, for defendant.

BRANCH, Justice.

The single question presented by this appeal is whether the trial judge erred by failing to instruct the jury on the law of self-defense.

The trial judge must charge the jury on all substantial and essential features of a case which arise upon the evidence, even when, as here, there is no special request for the instruction. State v. Mercer, 275 N.C. 108, ...

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