Forrest V. John Forrest

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FACTS: John Forrest admitted his father Clyde Forrest to the hospital because he’s been suffering with quite a few serious health conditions. Clyde’s conditions increasingly got worse and it was determined that his conditions were untreatable. When John went to the hospital to go and see his sick father, he was devastated seeing his father in suffering. The nurse tried to comfort John, but John told her not to worry about him since his dad was dying. John spoke to his father and expressed how much he loved him and will take him out of his misery. When his father began coughing and emitted a gurgling noise, as a result John took out a .22 caliber pistol and shot his father four times in the head. However, John didn’t deny killing his father

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