Defendant-appellant John Shaw appeals from his conviction and sentence for felonious assault. Although we reject Shaw's other assignments of error, we agree with him that the trial court committed prejudicial error when it instructed the jury, over Shaw's objection, that it must first find him not guilty of felonious assault before it might consider the lesser included offense of assault. Accordingly, the...
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