STATE v. HOYLE

No. 8126SC1133.

291 S.E.2d 273 (1982)

STATE of North Carolina v. Brenda Groner HOYLE.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

May 18, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Atty. Gen. Rufus L. Edmisten by Associate Atty. Gen. G. Criston Windham, Raleigh, for the State.

Appellate Defender Adam Stein by Asst. Appellate Defender Marc D. Towler, Raleigh, for defendant-appellant.


HEDRICK, Judge.

All of the assignments of error on this appeal relate to the trial judge's charge to the jury.

Defendant first argues that the court's instructions deprived her of the benefit of the defense of imperfect self-defense. She contends that the trial judge's charge contained the same error found in State v. Norris, 303 N.C. 526, 279 S.E.2d 570 (1981), where the expression "without justification or excuse...

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