STATE v. McLEAN

No. 8411SC771.

328 S.E.2d 451 (1985)

STATE of North Carolina v. Earl McLEAN.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

April 16, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Atty. Gen. Rufus L. Edmisten by Asst. Atty. Gen. James Peeler Smith, Raleigh, for the State.

Nora Henry Hargrove, Wilson, for defendant-appellant.


EAGLES, Judge.

I

Defendant first assigns as error the trial court's omission of his evidence of self-defense from the jury charge. We find no error.

The basis of defendant's assignment of error is that in the trial court's summary of the evidence to the jury, the trial court omitted mentioning that McLucas was exchanging blows with defendant and that McLucas had a metal object in his hand as they struggled. The trial court's summary stated, inter...

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