State v. Potts

WEBB, Justice.

We shall consider first the defendant’s contention that the court erred in charging on self-defense. This contention is based on his reading of State v. Robinson, 188 N.C. 784, 125 S.E. 617 (1924), in which this Court held that it was error not to submit voluntary manslaughter to the jury when the evidence showed the deceased had fired one shot at the defendant and the defendant fired four shots at the deceased. This Court said the jury could have found that the defendant fired the first shot in self-defense but continued to fire unnecessarily which would make the defendant…