Legal Opinion
State v. Thompson
Court of Appeals of North Carolina
Decided February 21, 1995No. 9318SC1062PublishedCited by 30 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JOHN, Judge.
Defendant appeals convictions of assault with a deadly weapon inflicting serious injury and of misdemeanor assault with a deadly weapon. He contends the trial court erred by: (1) refusing to instruct the jury on the defense of accident and (2) overruling his objections to certain statements of the prosecutor during closing argument. We determine the trial court committed no prejudicial error.
The State presented evidence tending to show the following: On the evening of 23 November 1991, Cindy Lou Howard (Howard), Alphonso Santiago (Santiago), and Tracy Sturdivant (Sturdivant) were…
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