STATE v. WRIGHT

No. 39.

283 S.E.2d 502 (1981)

STATE of North Carolina v. Thomas Walter WRIGHT.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

November 3, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Atty. Gen., Rufus L. Edmisten by Associate Atty. Gen. Lisa Shepherd, Raleigh, for the State.

Public Defender, Wallace C. Harrelson and Asst. Public Defender Hugh Davis North, III, Greensboro, for defendant.


COPELAND, Justice.

At the outset, we note that defendant has abandoned assignments of error 1, 2, 3, 4, 8 and 9 by failing to advance any argument to support them in his brief. Rule 28(a), North Carolina Rules of Appellate Procedure. By the assignments of error properly preserved for our review, defendant raises two basic questions: (1) whether the trial court should have instructed the jury about certain lesser included offenses, as requested, and (2) whether the...

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