213 N.C. App. 38 - State v. Speight’s Empirical Analysis
2011
Citation profile
1
cited by 1 later decisions
1
states following
May 2013
most recently cited
1 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on State v. Powell · State v. Olson · State v. Joyner · State v. White · State v. Cummings
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“A trial court must give instructions on all lesser-included offenses that are supported by the evidence, even in the absence of a special request for such an instruction; and the failure to so instruct constitutes reversible error that cannot be cured by a verdict finding the defendant guilty of the greater offense. . . . The trial court may refrain from submitting the lesser offense to the jury only where the evidence is clear and positive as to each element of the offense charged and no evidence supports a lesser-included offense.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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