State v. Ross

395 S.E.2d 148 (1990)

100 N.C. App. 207

STATE of North Carolina

v.

James Keith ROSS.

No. 8929SC1143.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

September 4, 1990.

Atty. Gen. Lacy H. Thornburg by Sp. Deputy Atty. Gen. Charles M. Hensey, Raleigh, for the State.

Appellate Defender Malcolm Ray Hunter, Jr. by Asst. Appellate Defender Gordon Widenhouse, Raleigh, for defendant.

LEWIS, Judge.

I

Defendant first argues that the trial court erred in requiring defendant to file with the court a written notice of intent to rely upon self defense and by telling the jury venire of defendant's intent to rely upon this defense.…