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State v. Jefferies

Citations

  • 776 S.E.2d 872
  • 243 N.C. App. 455
  • 2015 N.C. App. LEXIS 807

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  • holding, in a case in which the defendant did not object at trial, that \we must resolve the ambiguity created by the erroneous instruction in favor of [the] defendant. [The d]efendant is entitled to a new trial....\
  • “[T]he mere denial of guilt by a defendant does not, by itself, controvert any material fact required for proof of that defendant’s guilt, nor does it require the trial court to instruct the jury on any lesser-included offense.”

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Judges: Dillon

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