State v. Brown

COZORT, Judge.

The defendant was charged in indictments proper in form with manslaughter (N.C.G.S. § 14-18) and hit and run resulting in personal injury or death (N.C.G.S. § 20466(a)). He was convicted of involuntary manslaughter and hit and run with personal injury or death not apparent to the defendant. The State’s case on involuntary manslaughter was based on its contention that a pedestrian was killed when struck by defendant’s van which was being operated by the defendant while the defendant was impaired by alcohol. The only evidence of defendant’s impairment or intoxication was his…