STATE v. COLEMAN

No. COA16-1150.

803 S.E.2d 820 (2017)

STATE of North Carolina, v. Matthew Andrew COLEMAN.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

Filed: July 18, 2017.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Attorney General Joshua H. Stein , by Assistant Attorney General John P. Barkley , for the State.

Parker Law Firm, PC, Hayesville, by James V. Parker, Jr. , for defendant.


Defendant Matthew Coleman appeals his conviction for voluntary manslaughter. At trial, Coleman admitted that he shot and killed his wife. But he argued that, as a result of diabetes, his blood sugar was dangerously low at the time of the shooting, causing Coleman to act in a manner that was not voluntary.

On appeal, Coleman...

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