Mills v. State

On February 16, 1970, appellant, then sixteen years of age, took his father’s .22 caliber automatic pistol to a dance. While at the dance, he and four other boys— Gerald Hunter, Edward Overton, Clark Walker, and Gordon Reid — went into a small second floor bathroom to share a bottle of liquor. As the bottle was being passed between the boys, appellant removed the. gun from his pocket and while in the process of loading or unloading the weapon, it either slipped from his hand or was slapped out of it by Gerald Hunter when appellant pointed the weapon in Hunter’s direction. The gun struck the…