STATE v. NICKERSON

No. 829SC231.

303 S.E.2d 569 (1983)

STATE of North Carolina v. Herman NICKERSON.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

June 21, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Atty. Gen. Rufus L. Edmisten by Asst. Atty. Gen. Fred R. Gamin, Raleigh, for the State.

Appellate Defender Adam Stein by Asst. Appellate Defender Ann B. Petersen, Raleigh, for defendant.


WELLS, Judge.

The sole question presented in this appeal is whether the trial court erred in not instructing the jury that they need not unanimously agree on the theory of manslaughter in order to return a verdict of guilty of manslaughter.

Defendant contends that there was evidence in this case of two kinds of voluntary manslaughter: one, a killing in the heat of passion upon adequate provocation; and two, "imperfect self-defense" manslaughter; i.e...

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