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STATE v. WETMORE

No. 46.

259 S.E.2d 870 (1979)

298 N.C. 743

STATE of North Carolina v. Roger Lawrence WETMORE.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

December 4, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rufus L. Edmisten, Atty. Gen. by William Woodward Webb, Asst. Atty. Gen., Raleigh, for the State.

Robert M. Davis, Salisbury, for defendant-appellant.

EXUM, Justice.

The principal questions presented on this appeal are whether Judge Walker erred in placing the burden upon the defendant of proving insanity to the satisfaction of the jury and whether there was error in the instructions on voluntary manslaughter. Defendant also assigns as error various other portions of Judge Walker's jury instructions. On the insanity question we find no error in the instructions. On the other points we conclude that any error committed...

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