State v. Haskins

WYNN, Judge.

By this appeal, defendant, Gerald Haskins, presents the following issues for our consideration: (I) Whether the trial court’s failure to instruct on criminal intent constitutes error; (II) Whether the trial court’s failure to give an instruction on the affirmative defense of reasonable necessity and to allow defense counsel to read the law of necessity to the jury constituted reversible error; and (III) Whether the trial court erroneously concluded as a matter of law that defendant was not a state actor exempt from the prohibitions of G.S. § 14-269.2. After careful review, we find…