State v. Pettiford

The defendant places chief stress on his exceptions (1) to the refusal of the court to submit to the jury the issue of self-defense, and (2) to the failure of the court to charge as to one’s right to remove a trespasser from his home.

There is no evidence in the record upon which to base a reasonable inference that the defendant in firing the blast was acting within the permissive bounds of the principles of law governing the rights of a person to fight in self-defense or in. defense of his family or home. See S. v. Matthews, 78 N.C. 523; S. v. Barrett, 132 N.C. 1005, 43 S.E. 832; S. v. Glenn,…