STATE v. BOYKIN

No. 145A83.

310 S.E.2d 315 (1984)

310 N.C. 118

STATE of North Carolina v. Walter D. BOYKIN, Jr.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

January 10, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rufus L. Edmisten, Atty. Gen. by David Roy Blackwell, Asst. Atty. Gen., Raleigh, for the State.

John R. Parker, Clinton, for defendant-appellant.


FRYE, Justice.

Defendant seeks a new trial because of three alleged errors committed by the trial court. The defendant contends that the trial court erred in refusing to submit and instruct the jury on simple assault in the felonious assault case; that the trial court erred in refusing to instruct the jury on the defenses of perfect and imperfect self-defense; and, that the trial court erred in its instruction to the jury concerning voluntary manslaughter. For the...

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