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STATE v. MELVIN CLOER
PeR Cubiam.
The defendant was not charged with murder, but an assault. It was error to place on him the burden of proving that
[673] he acted in self-defense. S. v. Sandlin, 251 N.C. 81, 110 S.E. 2d 481 and cases there cited.
The defendant is entitled to a
New trial.
Mooee, J., not sitting.