127 N.C. App. 316 - State v. Ballard’s Empirical Analysis
1997
Citation profile
6
cited by 6 later decisions
1
states following
December 2008
most recently cited
6 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on State v. Odom · United States v. McCaskill · State v. Blackwelder · State v. Penley · State v. Baldwin
Most-quoted passages
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““Malice arises when an act which is done so recklessly and wantonly as to manifest a mind utterly without regard to human life and social duty, and deliberately bent upon mischief.” Thus, it is the reckless and wanton nature of the act committed which leads to the inference of malice. On the other hand, it is the use of a device, normally hazardous to the lives of more than one person, to create a risk of death to more than one person which supports the aggravating factor at issue. Therefore, we hold that the defendant’s operation of the motor vehicle did not constitute one of the elements of second degree murder.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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