State v. Byrd

WEBB, Judge.

The defendants filed separate briefs, each of which raises three identical questions for the Court’s determination. They first assign error to the denial of their motions to dismiss the charges of involuntary manslaughter. If the State introduced substantial *627evidence that the defendants intentionally violated a statute designed for the protection of people and that violation proximately caused the death of Jo Von Cornelius Byrd, the defendants’ motions to dismiss were properly denied. See State v. Wilkerson, 295 N.C. 559, 247 S.E. 2d 905 (1978). We believe there is sufficient…