State v. Abbitt

1 Citing case

  1. State v. Keys

    87 N.C. App. 349 (N.C. Ct. App. 1987)   Cited 17 times
    Holding defendant's failure to object to jury instructions precluded her from raising instructional issue on appeal unless trial court's charge was plain error

    She is, therefore, precluded from raising the issue on appeal unless the trial court's charge was plain error. State v. Bennett, 308 N.C. 530, 302 S.E.2d 786 (1983); State v. Abbitt, 73 N.C. App. 679, 327 S.E.2d 590 (1985). It is well established that a defendant is not entitled to have her requested instructions given verbatim as long as they are given in substance.