State v. Brooks

SHARP J.

The evidence, taken in the light most favorable to the State, was sufficient to support a finding that the defendant was handing the gun in a culpably negligent manner at the time it fired and killed Jones. State v. Trollinger, 162 N.C. 618, 77 S.E. 957; State v. Kluckhohn, 243 N.C. 306, 90 S.E. 2d 768. Any careless and reckless use of a loaded gun which j eopardizes the safety of another is unlawful, and if death results therefrom it is an unlawful homicide. State v. Turnage, 138 N.C. 566, 49 S.E. 913; State v. Hovis, 233 N.C. 359, 64 S.E. 2d 564. For the most recent discussion of…