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State v. Alvin Sandlin and Clyde Sandlin
PER Ourtam
Defendants were not charged with murder, but an assault. It was error to place on them the burden of proving they acted in self-defence. S. v. Warren, 242 N.C. 581, 89 S.E. 2d 109; S. v. Muscat, 247 N.C. 266, 100 S.E. 2d 510.
New trial.
Higgins, J., not sitting.
