STATE v. BEATTY

No. COA07-593.

658 S.E.2d 508 (2008)

STATE of North Carolina, Plaintiff v. Breon Jerrard BEATTY, Defendant.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

April 1, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Attorney General Roy A. Cooper, III, by Special Deputy Attorney General Melissa L. Trippe, for the State.

Leslie C. Rawls, Charlotte, for defendant-appellant.


STROUD, Judge.

Defendant was convicted by a jury of voluntary manslaughter. Defendant appeals. The issues before this Court are whether the trial court erred (1) in refusing to give defendant's proposed jury instruction and (2) in admitting a notebook into evidence. For the following reasons, we find no error.

I. Background

The State's evidence tended to show the following: On 11 January 2005, Calib Thomas ("Thomas"), Antonio Dent ("Dent"), and several...

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