STATE v. GOODWIN

No. COA07-1028.

661 S.E.2d 46 (2008)

STATE of North Carolina, Plaintiff, v. Marlon GOODWIN, Defendant.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

May 20, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Attorney General Roy A. Cooper, III by Special Deputy Attorney General Edwin W. Welch, for the State.

Kathryn L. VandenBerg, Hillsborough, for defendant-appellant.


STROUD, Judge.

Defendant was convicted by a jury of second degree murder and attempted first degree murder. Defendant appeals. The issues before this Court are whether the trial court erred in not giving the jury an instruction on imperfect self-defense and in calculating defendant's prior record level. For the following reasons, we find no prejudicial error.

I. Background

The State's evidence tended to show the following: On the evening of 6 January...

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