STATE v. FITTS

No. COA16-1106.

803 S.E.2d 654 (2017)

STATE of North Carolina, v. Rashand Nicholas FITTS, Defendant.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

Filed: August 1, 2017.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Attorney General Joshua H. Stein , by Special Deputy Attorney General I. Faison Hicks , for the State.

Appellate Defender Glenn Gerding , by Assistant Appellate Defender Wyatt Orsbon , for defendant-appellant.


Rashand Nicholas Fitts ("Defendant") was convicted of felony murder, the underlying felony being discharging a firearm into an occupied vehicle. On appeal, he contends the trial court improperly refused to instruct the jury on self-defense despite there being evidence from which a jury could reasonably conclude that he acted in perfect...

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