Opinion ID: 1265006
Heading Depth: 1
Heading Rank: 8

Heading: Exceptions to the Charge to the Jury

Text: Since there must be a new trial for the errors above noted in the admission of evidence, it is not necessary to discuss in detail the assignments of error relating to the charge to the jury. We have examined these and find no error therein. The court gave, in substance, all instructions requested by the defendant. There was no request that the term reasonable doubt be defined and, in the absence of such request, the failure to include a definition of the term in the charge was not error. State v. Potts, 266 N.C. 117, 145 S.E.2d 307; State v. Browder, 252 N.C. 35, 112 S.E.2d 728. None of the alleged errors in the court's statement of the contentions of the State and of the defendant were called to the attention of the court so as to afford it an opportunity for correction. State v. Butler, 269 N.C. 733, 153 S.E.2d 477. There being no evidence in the record to sustain a verdict of manslaughter, it was not error for the court to omit manslaughter from the possible verdicts which the jury might return. State v. Smith, 268 N.C. 167, 150 S.E.2d 194; State v. Summers, 263 N.C. 517, 139 S.E.2d 627; Strong, N.C. Index 2d, Criminal Law, § 115.