STATE v. ALLEN

No. 413PA85.

343 S.E.2d 893 (1986)

STATE of North Carolina v. Vance Sterling ALLEN.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

June 3, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lacy H. Thornburg, Atty. Gen. by Thomas B. Wood, Asst. Atty. Gen., for the state.

Malcolm Ray Hunter, Jr., Acting Appellate Defender, for defendant-appellant.


EXUM, Justice.

We allowed defendant's petition for discretionary review to consider the following question: Whether the trial court committed reversible error by instructing the jury in this armed robbery case that: "The term `dangerous weapon' also includes pistols which look like firearms such as cap pistols. An instrument is a dangerous weapon if it is apparently a weapon capable of inflicting a life threatening injury." We answer the question affirmatively and...

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