STATE v. WILLIAMS

No. COA02-135.

571 S.E.2d 886 (2002)

STATE of North Carolina v. Jeffery Tremaine WILLIAMS.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

December 3, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Attorney General Roy A. Cooper, III, by Assistant Attorney General David N. Kirkman, for the State.

Narron, O'Hale and Whittington, P.A., by John P. O'Hale, Smithfield, for defendant-appellant.


HUNTER, Judge.

Jeffery Tremaine Williams ("defendant") appeals from a conviction of voluntary manslaughter. We conclude defendant is entitled to a new trial because the trial court failed to include not guilty by reason of self-defense as a possible verdict in its final mandate to the jury.

The evidence presented at trial is briefly summarized as follows: On 2 May 1999, the body of Halton Taylor ("Taylor") was discovered at approximately 4:20 a.m. on Montgomery...

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