STATE v. ROPER

No. 7829SC774.

249 S.E.2d 870 (1978)

39 N.C. App. 256

STATE of North Carolina v. Bud ROPER.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

December 19, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Atty. Gen. Rufus L. Edmisten by Sp. Deputy Atty. Gen. Myron C. Banks, Raleigh, for the State.

Robert L. Harris, Rutherfordton, for defendant appellant.


ERWIN, Judge.

Defendant's sole assignment of error is that the trial judge failed to charge the jury on the lesser included offense of assault inflicting serious injury. He argues that whether the knife used here was a deadly weapon should have been a jury question. We do not agree.

The description of the knife in this case was given by the victim: "a keen bladed knife or slick bladed knife" and "[defendant] cut...

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