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STATE v. GODFREY

No. 7811SC229.

246 S.E.2d 156 (1978)

37 N.C. App. 452

STATE of North Carolina v. Lewis Felton GODFREY.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

August 1, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Atty. Gen. Rufus L. Edmisten, by Associate Atty. Gen. Douglas A. Johnston, Raleigh, for the State.

Morgan, Bryan, Jones, Johnson, Hunter & Greene, by Robert C. Bryan, Dunn, and Love & Ward, by Jimmy L. Love, Sanford, for defendant appellant.

BRITT, Judge.

Defendant contends first that the court committed prejudicial error in submitting the offense of involuntary manslaughter to the jury as one of the verdicts they could return. This contention has no merit.

Defendant argues that there was no evidence of an unintentional shooting; hence there was no evidence to support a charge of involuntary manslaughter. We disagree with this argument.

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