State v. Lytton

MEYER, Justice.

The evidence presented in this case tended to show that in the late evening of 2 August 1985, defendant and three of his friends were riding around Gastonia in defendant’s car. Rebecca Burgess, defendant’s girlfriend, was driving; defendant was riding in the front passenger’s seat. At some point during the ride, defendant took his loaded pistol out of the glove compartment of the car and showed it to Ricky Connard, who was riding in the rear. He then placed the pistol on the seat next to him.

Sometime after 11:00 p.m., the car containing defendant was proceeding along Church…