State v. Marshall

GREENE, Judge.

The defendant appeals from a judgment entered 14 February 1991, which judgment was based upon a jury verdict convicting the defendant of voluntary manslaughter.

In this case, we must view the evidence in the light most favorable to the defendant. State v. Mash, 323 N.C. 339, 348, 372 S.E.2d 532, 537 (1988) (consider evidence of defenses in light most favorable to defendant). Viewed accordingly, the evidence tends to show the following: In June, 1990, the defendant lived in a trailer in a mobile home park in Buxton, North Carolina. Kil Jennette (Jennette) lived in the same mobile…