This is a follow-up on a Closed thread from 2010,
http://thefiringline.com/forums/show...ight=mccormick
This link is at the start of the trial and has more detail of the crime,
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evidence would show McCormick gave law enforcement authorities and others four different versions of how the tree stand fell to the ground.
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As in any testimony, "TRUTH" is going to be Solid. I do believe there can be interpretations of the truth but the statements should be coherent.
The Hunter is convicted in the Deer Stand Death in this link.
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The defense tried to shift the seriousness of the fatal injury's to a second fall;
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shoot his firearm once, walk 100 yards through the woods and climb into a different tree stand later that day while suffering from eight broken ribs and a dislocated shoulder.
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Well 8 broken ribs can be thought of as/or lead to a flail chest but in this case it appears to be cracks that presented to victim as pain. I was just involved with a snowmobile incident where the victim had 6 rib fractures and that wasn't his primary complaint until he was back-boarded. When in the supine position everything changed.
The speculation that the victim fell a second time from another stand causing the fatal injury didn't hold and even if he did fall a second time the 1st cause was still a criminal action.