STATE v. NAPIER

No. COA01-236.

560 S.E.2d 867 (2002)

STATE of North Carolina v. James Marvin NAPIER, Sr.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

March 19, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Attorney General Roy Cooper by Special Deputy Attorney General Hal F. Askins, for the State.

Noell P. Tin, Charlotte, for defendant-appellant.


EAGLES, Chief Judge.

James Marvin Napier, Sr., ("defendant") appeals from the trial court's judgment entered on a jury verdict finding him guilty of possession of a firearm by a felon. On appeal, defendant's sole assignment of error is that the trial court erred in denying his request for a jury instruction stating that justification is a defense for possession of a firearm by a felon. After careful review of the record, briefs, and arguments of counsel, we find no...

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