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265 N.C. 342

State v. Braxton

Supreme Court of North Carolina

Decided September 22, 1965

Supreme Court of North Carolina · decided 1965-09-22

Cited by 4 later decisions — most recently November 1968

4 state decisions

Key passage — most relied on by later courts

““Ladies and gentlemen of the jury, I’m sorry I had to bring you back in. I overlooked one thing in my charge and that is I instructed you there were only two verdicts you could bring in under this evidence and that is guilty or not guilty of assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill. However, the Court will now instruct you that if you do not find the defendant guilty, or you find the defendant not guilty of assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill, then it would be your duty to consider whether or not the defendant is guilty of an assault with a deadly weapon.””

quoted by 1 later decision, including State v. Burris

Relies on State v. Gregory · State v. . Gregory · State v. Todd

Good law ✅— No negative treatment on recordhow we know

Decided 1965-09-22

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Per CüRiam.

¶1The appellant assigns as error the failure of the court below to sustain His motion for judgment as of nonsuit. In our opinion, the State’s evidence was sufficient to require its submission to the jury, and this assignment of error is overruled.

¶2The defendant assigns as error the failure of the trial judge to charge on self-defense. The State concedes error in this respect. S. v. Greer, 218 N.C. 660, 12 S.E. 2d 238; S. v. Davis, 222 N.C. 178, 22 S.E. 2d 274; S. v. Todd, 264 N.C. 524, 142 S.E. 2d 154.

¶3The appellant likewise assigns as error the imposition of a sentence of six years in the State’s prison on the verdict rendered by the jury. An assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill is a misdemeanor. G.S. 14-33; S. v. Gregory, 223 N.C. 415, 27 S.E. 2d 140; S. v. Silvers, 230 N.C. 300, 52 S.E. 2d 877; S. v. Troutman, 249 N.C. 395, 106 S.E. 2d 569.

¶4The defendant is entitled to a new trial and it is so ordered.

¶5New .trial.

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