36 N.C. App. 332 - State v. Burden’s Empirical Analysis
1978
Citation profile
7 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 7 later decisions — most recently February 2010
7 state decisions
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Relationships
Relies on State v. Marshall Norman Hicks · State v. Freeman · State v. Ward · State v. Bright · State v. Woods
Most-quoted passages
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“the trial judge was not required to submit the offense of voluntary manslaughter to the jury unless there was evidence from which the jury could find that in defending himself the defendant used excessive force. We think that the defendant's testimony, which provided the sole basis for his defense of self-defense, discloses that he used only such force as was necessary to defend himself under the circumstances which he recounted. If the jury found that the defendant reasonably believed that he was in danger of death or great bodily harm from the shots which he heard, then it follows that his only reasonable defense was to shoot back. Thus, since there was no evidence of excessive force, the trial judge was not required to submit the offense of voluntary manslaughter to the jury.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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