State v. Gullie

WELLS, Judge.

Four of the five assignments of error which defendant has brought forward, in fact, present but a single issue, namely, whether the court erred in omitting the language “without legal justification” from its statement to the jury of the charge against defendant *368and its jury instructions. In the factual context of this case, the relevant legal justification is self-defense. We therefore consider these four assignments of error together.

Defendant was charged with violating G.S. § 14-34. That statute provides in pertinent part:

If any person shall point any gun or pistol at any…