258 N.C. App. 122 - State v. Lee’s Empirical Analysis
2018
Citation profile
1
cited by 1 later decisions
1
states following
February 2019
most recently cited
1 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on State v. Williams · State v. Wynn · State v. Potter · State v. Freeman · State v. Conner
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“held that when a defendant's evidence tended to show he acted in self-defense, 'the trial judge was obligated to instruct on self-defense but because the State's evidence tended to show that defendant was the aggressor, he properly instructed further that self-defense would be an excuse only if defendant was not the aggressor.'”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“An individual is the aggressor if he or she aggressively and willingly enters into a fight without legal excuse or provocation.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“the benefit of self-defense if he was the aggressor”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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