Supreme Court of North Carolina, 1966

State v. Cloer

Supreme Court of North Carolina · Decided March 9, 1966 · Cubiam, Mooee

266 N.C. 672; 146 S.E.2d 815; 1966 N.C. LEXIS 1418

Cases that cite this one

2 later published cases cite this decision.

State v. Turner (N.C. Ct. App. 1976)
State v. Fletcher (N.C. 1966)

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Opinion of the Court

PeR Cubiam.

The defendant was not charged with murder, but an assault. It was error to place on him the burden of proving that *673he acted in self-defense. S. v. Sandlin, 251 N.C. 81, 110 S.E. 2d 481 and cases there cited.

The defendant is entitled to a

New trial.

Mooee, J., not sitting.

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