State v. Hunt

ARNOLD, Judge.

Defendant assigns as error the failure of the trial court, in its final mandate, to instruct the jury to return a verdict of not guilty if they should find that defendant acted in self-defense. Defendant contends that under State v. Dooley, 285 N.C. 158, 203 S.E. 2d 815 (1974), this is reversible error.

The trial judge is required to instruct the jury as to the law -based-on the evidence presented. G.S. 1-180. The judge is to charge-on all substantial features of the case which arise from the. evidence; and .all defenses presented by the evidence are substantial features of the…