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STATE v. GRIFFIN

No. 167.

159 S.E.2d 889 (1968)

273 N.C. 333

STATE of North Carolina v. Donald Lee GRIFFIN.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

March 20, 1968.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

T. W. Bruton, Atty. Gen., and Dale Shepherd, Staff Attorney for the State.

Frank P. Cooke, Gastonia, for defendant.

SHARP, Justice.

When the State undertakes a prosecution for unlawful homicide, it assumes the burden of producing evidence sufficient to prove that the deceased died as the result of a criminal act committed by the defendant. State v. Hendrick, 232 N.C. 447, 61 S.E.2d 349; State v. Palmer, 230 N.C. 205, 52 S.E.2d 908. Any unjustifiable and reckless or wanton use of a firearm which jeopardizes the...

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