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STATE v. LAWRANCE

No. 884SC920.

380 S.E.2d 156 (1989)

STATE of North Carolina v. Donald Milton LAWRANCE, III.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

June 20, 1989.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Atty. Gen. Lacy H. Thornburg by Sr. Deputy Atty. Gen. Isham B. Hudson, Jr., Raleigh, for the State.

Appellate Defender Malcolm Ray Hunter, Jr., by Asst. Appellate Defender Staples Hughes, Raleigh, for defendant-appellant.

WELLS, Judge.

Defendant contends that the trial court erred in failing to instruct the jury on involuntary manslaughter. The jury received instructions on first and second-degree murder. The trial court must instruct the jury on all substantial and essential issues of the case arising on the evidence presented at trial. State v. Harris, 306 N.C. 724, 295 S.E.2d 391 (1982). When it is possible under the indictment to convict...

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