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mojhsa [17]
3 years ago
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The case: Sixteen-year-old Terry was in a bedroom at his family's home with his younger brother when he pulled a handgun from un

derneath the mattress. Terry was allegedly pointing the gun at his brother when it fired. The bullet struck his brother, killing him. Terry had gotten the .380-caliber semi-automatic handgun by trading a 9mm Glock he had stolen from his father. The police say they believe the shooting was not intentional.​

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1 answer:
Amiraneli [1.4K]3 years ago
7 0
you can only be charged with first degree murder if you intentionally killed someone, and because it wasn’t intentional, he can only be charged with second degree murder. the crime would be for murder obviously but accidental murder
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