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Criminal Law Keyed to Lee
Rose v. State
Facts
Rose and his friends were at Rose’s residence one night and Rose gave a semi automatic pistol to his friends to look at. Rose then took the gun back, went into the kitchen, and told his girlfriend that it was time to leave. Rose’s girlfriend was on the phone at the time, and Rose proceeded to point the gun in her direction and tell her it was time to leave. The gun then went off and hit Rose’s girlfriend in the head, killing her. Rose was charged with second degree murder, under the felony murder rule, for using a deadly weapon. Rose told officers that he had no intention of shooting his girlfriend, but instead was waving the gun around as a joke. Rose moved pretrial to strike the felony murder rule and that the merger doctrine should be applicable under these facts. The motion was denied.
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