State v. Irabor
Court of Appeals of North Carolina
1Opinion of the Court
CALABRIA, Judge.
*491 Kelvin Oyakhilome Irabor ("defendant") appeals from a judgment entered upon a jury's verdict finding him guilty of second-degree murder, assault with a deadly weapon, and discharging a firearm into an occupied dwelling. After careful review, we conclude that the trial court committed prejudicial error by failing to include the relevant no duty to retreat and stand-your-ground provisions from its jury instructions on self-defense. Therefore, we reverse the trial court's judgment and remand for a new trial.
I. Factual and Procedural Background
In October 2015, defendant lived in…
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