STATE v. McDONALD

No. 727.

106 S.E.2d 477 (1959)

249 N.C. 419

STATE v. William McDONALD.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

January 14, 1959.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Malcolm B. Seawell, Atty. Gen., and Ralph Raleigh, Moody, Asst. Atty. Gen., for the State.

Britt, Campbell & Britt, Lumberton, for defendant, appellant.


PER CURIAM.

There was plenary evidence to support a finding that defendant intentionally shot his wife and that the shotgun wound so inflicted caused her immediate death, giving rise to the presumptions that the killing was unlawful and with malice.

The deceased woman weighed "around 115 to 120 pounds." Defendant appeared to weigh "180 or 185 pounds or more." The killing occurred in the bedroom of their (rented) portion of a divided dwelling.

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