People v. Schelling

— Appeal from a judgment of the County Court of Otsego County (Mogavero, Jr., J.), rendered July 6, 1983, convicting defendant upon his plea of guilty of the crime of reckless endangerment in the first degree.

*848Defendant’s conviction stems from the following incident. In the early morning hours of November 30, 1980, defendant and two companions made off with a dead deer belonging to another. While the deer’s owner was engaged in chasing the vehicle in which defendant was a passenger, defendant’s companion, a 14-year-old boy, fired three shotgun blasts, striking the pursuing vehicle.

A jury…