State v. McGill

WELLS, Judge.

Defendant first assigns error to the denial of various motions challenging the sufficiency of the evidence. He directs his attack to the issue of causation. We note first that the state produced ample evidence to support the jury’s verdict on the DUI charge. State v. Scott, 71 N.C. App. 570, 322 S.E. 2d 613 (1984). Defendant’s challenge to the driving while license permanently revoked charge is frivolous, and he does not contest the transporting conviction. The real challenge is to the manslaughter convictions.

Once the state proved the DUI offense, it then bore the burden of…