216 N.C. App. 377 - State v. Pierce’s Empirical Analysis

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1. “[T]he evidence, viewed in the light most favorable to the State, shows that [Defendant] fled from [the arresting officer’s] attempted lawful stop[;] . . . that [the assisting officer] . . . sped to provide assistance and apprehend [Defendant]; [and] that on his way, [the assisting officer] . .. perished after unsuccessfully attempting to avoid [an] obstruction. In our view, this evidence was sufficient to allow a reasonable jury to conclude (1) that [the assisting officer’s] death would not have occurred had [Defendant] remained stopped after [the arresting officer] pulled him over, and (2) that an injurious result such as [the assisting officer’s] death was reasonably foreseeable under the circumstances. . . . [W]e overrule [Defendant’s] argument that... there was insufficient evidence to show that [Defendant’s] flight proximately caused [the assisting officer’s] death.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 228 N.C. App. 463 - State v. Fisher