baldeagle wrote:Shooting someone in the head is sometimes considered an intent to kill rather than stop someone, because head shots are frequently fatal. Deliberately killing someone is locked upon differently by the legal community than shooting to stop someone who later dies from the wounds.The Annoyed Man wrote:Maybe he's just a good shot.baldeagle wrote:This story says the guy was shot in the head. http://www.kiiitv.com/story/23557902/br ... a-shooting" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; Maybe that's why they charged the store owner with murder.
Unless the perp was shot in the back of the head, what possible difference should it make if he was shot in the head or the elbow? He got shot during the commission of a crime.
Where or who considers a head shot intent to kill?
Sure shooting someone in the head is going to kill, likely. But in legal terms?
I mean, is there legal wording in the Texas code that indicates that or is it something that was said in conversation?
So for example, if a criminal breaks into a residence, and the home owner shoots the intruder, but hits him in the head. Would that intent to kill be there? Or just in vague cases like the one present above?