Bob is out hunting on the first day of deer season. He has never been hunting before and is anxious to shoot a deer. Shortly after climbing into his deer stand, Bob hears a rustling in the woods
Figuring that it must be a deer, he fires his rifle in the direction of the sound. The noise stops. He climbs down from the stand to investigate and discovers not a dead deer but a dead person; he has mistakenly shot and killed another hunter! The most serious offense, if any, Bob has committed is:
A) manslaughter. B) capital murder.
C) murder. D) no offense because the death was an accident.
A
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