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STATE v. BROOKS

No. 74.

132 S.E.2d 354 (1963)

260 N.C. 186

STATE v. James Edward BROOKS.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

September 18, 1963.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Atty. Gen. T. W. Bruton, Asst. Atty. Gen. Richard T. Sanders, for the State.

George Pennell and Dailey & Harrell, Asheville, for defendant-appellant.

SHARP, Justice.

The evidence, taken in the light most favorable to the State, was sufficient to support a finding that the defendant was handling 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 jeopardizes the safety of another...

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