upholding a depraved mind murder conviction based on the defendant's conduct of pointing a gun believed to be unloaded at a friend after playing video games and pulling the trigger once while "'just playing around'" with the gun and stating that "[w]hether or not defendant realized that the gun was loaded, his conduct was extremely reckless and utterly without regard for [the victim's] life"
Summary of this case from State v. ReedFiled 4 June 2002
upholding a depraved mind murder conviction based on the defendant's conduct of pointing a gun believed to be unloaded at a friend after playing video games and pulling the trigger once while "'just playing around'" with the gun and stating that "[w]hether or not defendant realized that the gun was loaded, his conduct was extremely reckless and utterly without regard for [the victim's] life"
Summary of this case from State v. ReedFull title:CASES REPORTED WITHOUT PUBLISHED OPINIONS
Court:North Carolina Court of Appeals
Date published: Jun 1, 2002
April 6, 2006. Case Below: 150 N.C. App. 717. Def's Motion for "Petition for Writ of Certiorari"…
State v. Reedating assessment of the evidence by acquitting defendant of intentionally killing the victim" but convicting…