STATE v. ALSTON

No. COA02-1612.

588 S.E.2d 530 (2003)

STATE of North Carolina v. Willard Lavell ALSTON.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

December 2, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Attorney General Roy Cooper, by Assistant Attorney General M. Elizabeth Guzman, for the State.

Angela H. Brown, Greenville, for defendant-appellant.


EAGLES, Chief Judge.

Defendant Willard Alston was convicted of involuntary manslaughter and sentenced to 25 to 30 months of incarceration. On appeal, defendant argues that the trial court erred by (1) failing to admit a police detective's synopsis of defendant's statement into evidence; (2) failing to instruct the jury on the law of self-defense; and (3) denying defendant's motion to dismiss. Defendant also requests that...

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