184 N.C. App. 746 - State v. Bailey’s Empirical Analysis

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8 state decisions

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1. “Even assuming [the decedent] was negligent, "[i]n order for negligence of another to insulate defendant from criminal liability, that negligence must be such as to break the causal chain of defendant's negligence; otherwise, defendant's culpable negligence remains a proximate cause, sufficient to find him criminally liable." Hollingsworth , 77 N.C.App. at 39 , 334 S.E.2d at 465 . In the instant case, [the decedent's] negligence, if any, would be, at most, a concurring proximate cause of her own death. See id . at 39, 334 S.E.2d at 466 . This is especially true here, where the State's evidence tended to show that defendant's blood alcohol content was over twice the legal limit. This impairment inhibited defendant's ability to "exercise [ ] due care [and] to keep a reasonable and proper lookout in the direction of travel[.]" Id .”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 253 N.C. App. 306 - State v. Cox

2. “[i]n order for negligence of another to insulate defendant from criminal liability, that negligence must be such as to break the causal chain of defendant's negligence; otherwise, defendant's culpable negligence remains a proximate cause, sufficient to find him criminally liable.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 253 N.C. App. 306 - State v. Cox

3. “'[t]here may be more than one proximate cause of an injury. The State must prove beyond a reasonable doubt only that the defendant's negligence was a proximate cause.'”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 253 N.C. App. 306 - State v. Cox