Supreme Court of North Carolina· 4/6/2018

State v. Lee

Citations

811 S.E.2d 563
370 N.C. 671

Syllabus

Whether, at defendant's murder trial, the court committed plain error by declining to give certain jury instructions requested by defendant regarding 'no duty to retreat.'

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concluding that the defendant had “shown a reasonable possibility” that a different result would have been reached at trial had the trial court given the requested stand-your-ground instruction
concluding that the defendant had “shown a reasonable possibility” that a different result would have been reached at trial had the trial court given the requested stand-your-ground instruction
holding that a self- defense instruction was warranted where defendant asserted that he fired the fatal shot only after the victim turned the gun on him and defendant introduced evidence supporting his version of events
holding that a self- defense instruction was warranted where defendant asserted that he fired the fatal shot only after the victim turned the gun on him and defendant introduced evidence supporting his version of events
holding that a self- defense instruction was warranted where defendant asserted that he fired the fatal shot only after the victim turned the gun on him and defendant introduced evidence supporting his version of events
holding the omission of the stand-your-ground provision amounted to an “inaccurate and misleading statement of the law[,]” requiring a new trial

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Judges: Newby, Martin

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