Nel v. State

Blackburn, Chief Judge.

A Forsyth County jury found Jan G. Nel guilty as charged of a single count of misdemeanor cruelty to animals, which charge arose when, at approximately 10:30 p.m. on October 16, 1999, Nel suspected that a group of teenage boys were raccoon hunting on his property with their dogs; he went into the woods in search of them with a 223 Thompson Contender pistol, saw a hunting dog running past, followed the dog into the woods, and shot it. Now, on appeal, Nel raises 30 enumerations of error that he contends require reversal of the jury’s verdict. Upon review, we find Nel’s…