Holding: The defendant’s prior conviction for involuntary manslaughter in South Carolina did not qualify as a “violent felony” under the Armed Career Criminal Act. Background Appellant Jarnaro Carlos Middleton pled guilty to being a felon in possession of firearms and ...

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Sotnikau v. Lynch (Lawyers Weekly No. 001-023-17, 14 pp.) (King, J.) No. 15-2073, Jan. 24, 2017; On Petition for Review; 4th Cir. Holding: Virginia’s involuntary manslaughter offense is not a “crime of moral turpitude,” and the Board of Immigration Appeals ...

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Leonard v. Transylvania County Department of Social Services (Lawyers Weekly No. 15-16-0626, 16 pp.) (Linda McGee, C.J.) Appealed from Transylvania County Superior Court (Marvin Pope Jr., J.) N.C. App. Unpub. Holding: Even if the defendant-homeowners had a duty to control ...

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A Henderson man has pleaded to killing his uncle with an ax more than two years ago.

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CHARLOTTE (AP) — A Charlotte woman has been charged with involuntary manslaughter in the death of her infant son. Area media outlets report that 33-year-old Katherine Ann Jennings is in the Brunswick County Jail charged in the death of 8-month-old ...

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State v. McGee (Lawyers Weekly No. 14-07-0517, 12 pp.) (Sanford Steelman Jr., J.) Appealed from Wayne County Superior Court (Edwin Wilson Jr., J.) N.C. App. Holding: Even though a bail bondsman has sweeping powers to apprehend a principal, highway speed ...

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A judge dismissed charges against a Lincoln County man in the deaths of two children.

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State v. Parks Despite being urged by her babysitter and her neighbors to call 911 and despite being instructed by her employer to call 911, the defendant-caregiver waited nine to 12 minutes after she noticed a group home resident was choking before she called 911.

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The driver of a bus from Greensboro that crashed on Interstate 95 in Virginia, killing four passengers and injuring dozens, was sentenced Wednesday to spend six years in prison. Kin Yiu Cheung was given 40 years with 34 years suspended for his conviction last November on four counts of involuntary manslaughter, Commonwealth's Attorney Tony Spencer said.

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State v. Elmore Although G.S. § 20-141.4(c) says no one who has been placed in jeopardy on a charge of death by vehicle may be prosecuted for manslaughter arising out of the same death, what the statute means is that no one can be sentenced for both offenses. We find no error in defendant’s conviction of involuntary manslaughter.

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