Oscar Pistorius Find Guilty of Careless, Improper Gun Offensive.
Friday's verdict comes a day after Judge Thokozile Masipa cleared Pistorius of murder in the killing of his girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp.
His sentencing starts on October 13, the judge said after granting him bail.
The customary maximum prison sentence for culpable homicide is 15 years, but a typical sentence is five to eight years, said Kelly Phelps, a CNN legal analyst.
Sentencing could be weeks away and will come after more legal argument.
The verdict also dealt with three other charges, all weapons-related.
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He was found not guilty of two -- a car sunroof shooting incident and illegal possession of ammunition found at his house.
The judge found Pistorius guilty of the third: a charge involving a shooting at a restaurant. The maximum penalty for that is five years behind bars. But he could get a lesser sentence, such as a fine or the loss of his gun license.
Weapons charges
In the shooting from the car's sunroof, Masipa said the state failed to prove its case beyond a reasonable doubt. She said she didn't find the state's witnesses persuasive, saying their versions of events differed too much.
In the second charge, Pistorius was found not guilty of having illegal ammunition at his house. Masipa said the state failed to introduce evidence that proved he intended to possess the ammunition. Pistorius had said he was storing it in a safe for his father.
In the restaurant shooting, she said the state had proved its case. Pistorius, she said, was trained in the use of guns and should not have asked for the gun at the restaurant, let alone handled it.
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