Supreme Court of North Carolina, 1959

State v. Sandlin

State v. Sandlin
Supreme Court of North Carolina · Decided October 14, 1959 · Ourtam, Higgins
110 S.E.2d 481; 251 N.C. 81; 1959 N.C. LEXIS 511 (South Eastern Reporter, Second Series)

State v. Sandlin

Opinion

PER Ourtam

Defendants were not charged with murder, but an assault. It was error to place on them the burden of proving they acted in self-defence. S. v. Warren, 242 N.C. 581, 89 S.E. 2d 109; S. v. Muscat, 247 N.C. 266, 100 S.E. 2d 510.

New trial.

Higgins, J., not sitting.

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