State v. Locklear

Defendant contends his motion for nonsuit should have been allowed because the State failed to show any causal connection be tween the wreck and the injuries which caused the death of the deceased. We find no merit in this contention.

To warrant conviction in a homicide case it is, of course, necessary that the State produce evidence sufficient to establish beyond a reasonable doubt that the death of the deceased proximately resulted from the defendant’s unlawful act. State v. Minton, 234 N.C. 716, 68 S.E. 2d 844. It is equally well established, however, that in passing upon a motion for…