Title: State v. Matthews
Citation: 138 S.E.2d 819, 263 N.C. 95
Docket Number: 513
State: north-carolina
Issuer: north-carolina Supreme Court
Date: November 25, 1964

138 S.E.2d 819 (1964) 263 N.C. 95 STATE of North Carolina v. Barbara Ann MATTHEWS. No. 513. Supreme Court of North Carolina. November 25, 1964. *820 Atty. Gen. T. W. Bruton and Asst. Atty. Gen. Richard T. Sanders, for the State. Morgan, Byerly, Post, Van Anda &amp; Keziah, High Point, for defendant. PER CURIAM. Defendant assigns as error the following portion of the charge on her right of self-defense: The substance of this charge was held to be reversible error in State v. Prince, 223 N.C. 392, 26 S.E.2d 875, wherein this Court laid down the correct rule as follows: His Honor's charge bore too heavily against defendant. Therefore, there must be a New trial.