In State of Ohio v.Wilson,in which Wilson set his girlfriend on fire and she died nine months later,the court decided that:
A) Wilson was convicted of aggravated assault but could not be charged with murder because Melissa Spear did not die immediately from her burns.
B) Wilson could not be convicted of murder because he intended to hurt her but not kill her, so there was no intent.
C) The fire had a causal connection to Melissa's death, so Wilson was guilty of murder even though she did not immediately die.
D) Foreseeability could not be proven, so the case was remanded to the lower court to be retried.
E) Wilson could not be found guilty of murder because there is a six-month statute of limitations from the act to the death. Anything longer makes the proximate cause too remote.
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