What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? Ohio
I am not an attorney if I was I would hope that I would know the answer to the question, so if going to a legal forum is the wrong place to look for answers to legal questions please say so and maybe give me an idea where I might be able to look up this answer on my own. This is not a homework question for Mr. Kingfields law class.
A woman called police, said she shot her boyfriend a few days ago, and says his body is in the bathtub. Police go to the bath tub where they find a man with bullet holes in him. Does a definitive cause of death have to be determined before the woman can be charged with murder? Or can she be charged with murder based on the body with bullet holes and her confession without the court knowing for sure what the actual cause of death may have been?
I am not an attorney if I was I would hope that I would know the answer to the question, so if going to a legal forum is the wrong place to look for answers to legal questions please say so and maybe give me an idea where I might be able to look up this answer on my own. This is not a homework question for Mr. Kingfields law class.
A woman called police, said she shot her boyfriend a few days ago, and says his body is in the bathtub. Police go to the bath tub where they find a man with bullet holes in him. Does a definitive cause of death have to be determined before the woman can be charged with murder? Or can she be charged with murder based on the body with bullet holes and her confession without the court knowing for sure what the actual cause of death may have been?