State v. Lackey

323 S.E.2d 32 (1984)

STATE of North Carolina

v.

William D. LACKEY.

No. 8322SC1276.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

December 4, 1984.

Atty. Gen. Rufus L. Edmisten by Archie W. Anders and Thomas B. Wood, Asst. Attys. Gen., Raleigh, for the State.

Robert M. Brady, Lenoir, for defendant-appellant.

PHILLIPS, Judge.

Defendant contends that the trial court erred in failing to grant his request to charge the jury on the misdemeanor offense of death by vehicle. We agree and a new trial is necessary. Death by vehicle under G.S. 20-141.4(a), which applied when these events occurred but has been revised since…