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STATE v. WARD

No. 7926SC660.

261 S.E.2d 274 (1980)

44 N.C. App. 513

STATE of North Carolina v. George Thomas WARD.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

January 8, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Atty. Gen. Rufus L. Edmisten by Sp. Deputy Atty. Gen. W. A. Raney Jr., Raleigh, for the State.

Marnite Shuford, Charlotte, for defendant-appellant.

HARRY C. MARTIN, Judge.

Defendant excepted to the following portion of the court's charge on insanity: "He [the defendant] must prove the defendant's insanity to you to your reasonable satisfaction." (Emphasis added.)

Earlier in the charge the court defined reasonable doubt:

Now, members of the jury, a reasonable doubt is a doubt based on reason and common sense arising out of some or all of the evidence that has been presented, or lack or...

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