I lumped in murder with everything... he did kill him for no reason, but he didn't plan it. Don't know, but he is charged with murder, and he will go down.
Im thinking this is the slam dunk case the media/government/police needed to prove a point and quell the "Black Lives Matter" stuff. So they will push it as far as they can.
Im thinking this is the slam dunk case the media/government/police needed to prove a point and quell the "Black Lives Matter" stuff. So they will push it as far as they can.
I could still see them pushing for Second Degree Murder
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Definition of assault under South Carolinas Second Degree Murder Law:
An assault (without battery, or physical contact) which 1.was likely to produce death or great bodily harm, (OR) 2.that occurred during the commission of a theft, robbery, kidnapping, or burglary
Specific intent means that when the defendant acted, he or she intended to cause apprehension of a harmful or unwanted contact. General intent means that the defendant knew with substantial certainty that the action would put someone in apprehension of a harmful or unwanted contact.
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It wouldn't take much to prove that shooting someone in the back 8 times from around 30 feet away wouldn't cause death or great bodily harm. Had he shot once or twice, I could see them saying manslaughter... but 8 shots, center mass... tough to argue for a lesser charge
I can see the DA quoting this law, and showing the victim didn't want to be shot in the back, and that the defendant knew that shooting center mass, in the back that many times would cause at the very least great bodily harm.
Shooting ANYONE 8 times ANYWHERE on their body would cause great bodily harm
