STATE v. LEAKS

No. 149PA20.

864 S.E.2d 217 (2021)

2021-NCSC-123

STATE of North Carolina v. James Edward LEAKS.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

Filed October 29, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joshua H. Stein , Attorney General, by Mary Carla Babb , Special Deputy Attorney General, for the State-appellee.

William D. Spence , Kinston, for defendant-appellant.


¶ 1 In this case, we review the Court of Appeals' holding that the trial court committed no error by declining to give defendant's requested modified self-defense instruction at trial. State v. Leaks, 270 N.C. App. 317, 324, 840 S.E.2d 893 (2020). Regardless of whether an error occurred, a party challenging jury instructions...

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