State v. Kea, 146
| Court | North Carolina Supreme Court |
| Writing for the Court | PER CURIAM; WINBORNE |
| Citation | State v. Kea, 124 S.E.2d 174, 256 N.C. 492 (N.C. 1962) |
| Decision Date | 07 March 1962 |
| Docket Number | No. 146,146 |
| Parties | STATE, v. Quincy Roy KEA. |
John W. Campbell, Lumberton, and Napoleon B. Barefoot, Wilmington, for defendant, appellant.
T. W. Bruton, Atty. Gen., and G. A. Jones, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., for the State.
It is unnecessary to review the evidence in detail. Suffice to say, when considered in the light most favorable to the State, the evidence was sufficient to support the verdict of guilty of murder in the second degree.
Defendant assigns as error, inter alia, this portion of the charge: (Our italics) Defendant's assignment of error is based on exceptions duly taken.
The challenged instruction contains obvious error. Manslaughter is the unlawful killing of a human being without malice and without premeditation and deliberation. The unlawful killing of a human being with malice, but without premeditation and deliberation, is murder in the second degree.
The court, in an earlier...
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8 cases
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State v. Cousins
...of the law to the facts. State v. Parrish, 275 N.C. 69, 165 S.E.2d 230; State v. Ingland, 278 N.C. 42, 178 S.E.2d 577; State v. Kea, 256 N.C. 492, 124 S.E.2d 174; State v. Gurley, 253 N.C. 55, 116 S.E.2d 143; State v. Johnson, 227 N.C. 587, 42 S.E.2d The State, citing State v. Cole, 280 N.C......
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State v. Laliberte, No. COA08-1354 (N.C. App. 9/1/2009), COA08-1354
...manslaughter "is the unlawful killing of a human being without malice and without premeditation and deliberation." State v. Kea, 256 N.C. 492, 493, 124 S.E.2d 174, 175 (1962). An intentional killing "done in the heat of passion suddenly aroused by adequate provocation or in the exercise of ......
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State v. Williams
...129 (1971); State v. Benge, 272 N.C. 261, 158 S.E.2d 70 (1967); State v. Foust, 258 N.C. 453, 128 S.E.2d 889 (1963); State v. Kea, 256 N.C. 492, 124 S.E.2d 174 (1962). It is also well settled that one who kills a human being while under the influence of passion or in the heat of blood produ......
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State v. Roseboro
...or implied, without premeditation and deliberation, and without the intention to kill or to inflict serious bodily injury. State v. Kea, 256 N.C. 492, 124 S.E.2d 174; State v. Foust, 258 N.C. 453, 128 S.E.2d 889; State v. Benge, 272 N.C. 261, 158 S.E.2d The evidence permitted the jury to fi......
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