State v. Poplin

While defendant, appellant, brings forward and presents in his brief several exceptions to the charge as given by the trial court to the jury, particularly in respect to the burden of proof, some of which may have merit, the assignments of error chiefly relied upon, and rightly so, are based upon exceptions to the failure of the trial court to declare and explain the law arising upon the evidence in the case as it relates to defendant’s legal right to defend himself in his home, and to defénd his home from attack, and to evict trespassers therefrom. See S. v. Spruill, 225 N.C. 356, 34 S.E. 2d…