State v. Allen

BRYANT, Judge.

A claim of ineffective assistance of counsel will be denied where defendant cannot show how his counsel’s error prejudiced him. Where the trial court gave jury instructions as to self-defense on four out of five charges and where defendant agreed that he was satisfied with the jury instructions, defendant cannot show plain error.

At 7:00 p.m. on 15 June 2012, the Roxboro Police Department received a call about a shooting on Highway 501. When officers arrived at the scene, they saw a car with shattered front and back windows on the passenger’s side and multiple bullet holes in the…