State v. Martin

MARTIN (Robert M.), Judge.

The defendant assigns as error the submission to the jury of the charge of involuntary manslaughter. “Involuntary man*374slaughter is the unintentional killing of a human being without malice, proximately caused by (1) an unlawful act not amounting to a felony nor naturally dangerous to human life, or (2) a culpably negligent act or omission. State v. Ward, 286 N.C. 304, 210 S.E. 2d 407.” State v. Redfern, 291 N.C. 319, 321, 230 S.E. 2d 152, 153 (1976). “[T]he crime of involuntary manslaughter involves the commission of an act, whether intentional or not, which in itself…