State v. Washington

67 S.E.2d 498 (1951)

234 N.C. 531

STATE

v.

WASHINGTON.

No. 507.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

November 21, 1951.

Atty. Gen. Harry McMullan and Asst. Atty. Gen. Claude L. Love, for the State.

Richard M. Welling, Charlotte, for defendant, appellant.

JOHNSON, Justice.

All the evidence offered at the trial below shows that the deceased, and not the defendant, was the aggressor. The defendant's evidence indicates that she was entirely free from fault and never fought willingly and unlawfully. Her evidence further shows that the deceased made a violent attack upon her. First he assaulted her with his…