STATE v. BARNES

No. 758SC140.

214 S.E.2d 806 (1975)

STATE of North Carolina v. Clara Virginia BARNES.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

May 21, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Atty. Gen. Rufus L. Edmisten by Associate Atty. Gen. Wilton E. Ragland, Jr., Raleigh, for the State.

R. Michael Bruce, Mount Olive, for defendant appellant.


VAUGHN, Judge.

The case was clearly one for the jury, and defendant's argument to the contrary is without merit.

Defendant contends that the court failed to define the amount of proof necessary to satisfy the jury that she acted in self-defense. A reading of the charge discloses that the instructions on the burden of proof required of the respective parties were entirely proper. In all material respects the instructions given in this case were identical to...

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