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11 N.C. App. 166

State v. Pritchard

Court of Appeals of North Carolina

Decided April 28, 1971

Court of Appeals of North Carolina · decided 1971-04-28

Cited by 2 later decisions — most recently December 1982

2 state decisions

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Decided 1971-04-28

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BROCK, Judge.

¶1Defendants assign as error that the trial judge refused to submit to' the jury the issue of self-defense.

¶2There is no evidence in this record upon which to base a reasonable inference that defendants cut, or assaulted, the victim in self-defense. The State’s evidence discloses a senseless and unprovoked cutting of the victim. The defendants’ evidence discloses a ■ senseless and unprovoked assault upon them by the victim. Nowhere did their evidence indicate that they cut or assisted in cutting the victim in self-defense; all of their evidence tends to show that the victim was not cut.

¶3The trial judge was correct in refusing to submit the issue of self-defense.

¶4No error.

Judges Morris and Hedrick concur.
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