NFL player Rae Carruth was initially charged with first-degree murder, but was convicted on other charges. Review the case and write a summary. Be sure to address topics related to the text

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Rae Carruth was acquitted of first-degree murder but convicted on three lesser charges in the shooting of his pregnant girlfriend. He was found guilty of conspiracy to commit murder, shooting into an occupied vehicle, and using an instrument to destroy an unborn child. It is alleged that Carruth planned the ambush because he did not want to pay child support. Carruth ran away from the scene and hid in the trunk of a car before being found. This is obstruction of justice. Hearsay evidence of handwritten evidence by the victim after undergoing surgery were not admissible, but the same information was properly introduced into evidence through the victim's 911 call. The introduction of Carruth's two co-conspirators were seeking revenge on a drug deal that had gone bad was hearsay because it was not supported by any corroborating evidence and it was self-serving.