STATE v. BUCK

No. 277A83.

313 S.E.2d 550 (1984)

310 N.C. 602

STATE of North Carolina v. David BUCK.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

April 3, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rufus L. Edmisten, Atty. Gen. by Evelyn M. Coman, Asst. Atty. Gen., Raleigh, for the State.

Adam Stein, Appellate Defender by Lorinzo L. Joyner, Asst. Appellate Defender, Raleigh, for defendant-appellant.


EXUM, Justice.

The question dispositive of this appeal is whether the trial court erred in failing to instruct the jury on involuntary manslaughter as a possible verdict. Concluding that it did, we order a new trial.

I.

The victim, Rudolph Saunders, died on 20 November 1982 from a stab wound to the chest which he suffered during a struggle with defendant in the home of Janie Richardson. Other than the deceased, three people, including defendant,...

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