STATE v. EFFLER

No. COA10-53.

698 S.E.2d 547 (2010)

STATE of North Carolina v. James William EFFLER.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

September 7, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Attorney General Roy Cooper, by Special Deputy Attorney General James A. Wellons, for the State.

Winifred H. Dillon, Garner, for defendant appellant.


HUNTER, JR., ROBERT N., Judge.

James William Effler ("defendant") appeals as a matter of right from his conviction for voluntary manslaughter. On appeal, defendant argues: (1) that the trial court committed plain error when it instructed the jury that it could find defendant guilty of voluntary manslaughter if the jury found that defendant was the aggressor, where the record is void of any evidence that defendant was the aggressor; (2) that the trial court committed...

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