STATE v. BRYANT

No. COA08-962.

674 S.E.2d 753 (2009)

STATE of North Carolina v. Marcos Devon BRYANT.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

April 7, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

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


STEELMAN, Judge.

Any error by the trial court in failing to instruct the jury on voluntary manslaughter based on imperfect self-defense was rendered harmless by the jury's verdict of first-degree murder under the theory of premeditation and deliberation. The seizure of a notebook from defendant's vehicle was based upon a valid search warrant.

I. Factual and Procedural Background

On 16 January 2006, at about 2:30 a.m., William Chavis Miller...

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