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Criminal Law Keyed to Gershowitz
State v. Grose
Citation:
982 S.W.2d 349Facts
Grose (defendant) and Jamie Forbes were in a romantic relationship that deteriorated. Forbes accused Grose of stalking and harassment. A hearing was scheduled to address the charges. A day before the hearing, Grose told a friend, William Carter, he was going to kill Jamie Forbes. Grose showed Carter a rifle and left. Carter called the police. Before police could stop Grose, Grose shot Forbes with the rifle. Forbes was in the hospital for weeks and was now a quadriplegic. Two weeks after Forbes left the hospital she was readmitted with a high fever. She fell into a coma and died soon after when her family chose not to have her resuscitated if she went into cardiac or pulmonary arrest. The pathologist testified the cause of Forbes’ death was gunshot wounds.
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