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STATE v. MERCER

No. 257PA18.

838 S.E.2d 359 (2020)

STATE of North Carolina, v. Sydney Shakur MERCER.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

Filed February 28, 2020.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joshua H. Stein , Attorney General, by Mary C. Babb , Assistant Attorney General, for the State-appellant.

Glenn Gerding , Appellate Defender, by Daniel K. Shatz , Assistant Appellate Defender, for defendant-appellee.

Here, we must determine whether the Court of Appeals erred by concluding that the trial court committed prejudicial error when it failed to instruct the jury on justification as a defense for the charge of possession of a firearm by a felon. Because we conclude that the Court of Appeals did not err, we affirm.

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