STATE v. COLEY

No. 2A19.

846 S.E.2d 455 (2020)

STATE of North Carolina v. John Thomas COLEY.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

Filed August 14, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joshua H. Stein , Attorney General, by Michael T. Henry , Assistant Attorney General, for the State-appellant.

Kimberly P. Hoppin , for defendant-appellee.


The sole issue before this Court is whether the trial court erred by declining to deliver defendant's requested jury instructions on self-defense and the defense of habitation. We hold that the evidence, when viewed in the light most favorable to defendant, was sufficient to require the...

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