STATE v. FOURNIER

No. 843SC537.

326 S.E.2d 84 (1985)

STATE of North Carolina v. James FOURNIER.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

March 5, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Atty. Gen. Rufus L. Edmisten by Asst. Atty. Gen. Robert G. Webb, Raleigh, for the State.

Appellate Defender Adam Stein by Asst. Appellate Defender Malcolm Ray Hunter, Jr., Raleigh, for defendant-appellant.


EAGLES, Judge.

The question presented by this appeal is whether the trial court committed reversible error in submitting involuntary manslaughter as a possible verdict, because there was no evidence presented to support it submission. It was error and defendant's conviction must be reversed and defendant discharged.

Involuntary manslaughter has been defined by our Supreme Court as "the unintentional killing of a human being without either express or implied...

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