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- Title: North Carolina v. Barrett
- Author : Court of Appeals of North Carolina No. 733SC796
- Release Date : January 09, 1974
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 53 KB
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[20 NCApp Page 422] Defendant contends that the trial court committed prejudicial and reversible error by failing to grant defendant's motions for . . . nonsuit. The use of a deadly weapon in a homicide raises a presumption of malice which renders the killing at least murder in the second degree. State v. Cagle, 209 N.C. 114, 182 S.E. 697; State v. Johnson, 184 N.C. 637, 113 S.E. 617. This presumption is sufficient to enable the State to withstand a motion for nonsuit. State v. Cagle, supra; State v. Johnson, supra.