Say more about that.
It is my contention that the bullet ricocheted off the floor.
What I want to know (to ask the ME) is what evidence points to an aimed shot at 10 feet?
I don’t think they have any, but juries need convincing. I want to show how it COULDN’T have happened...or that there’s no evidence showing it happened as they say.
It starts with the distance the weapon was from the victim and if the victim was standing, basic geometry. The closer the victim was the sharper the entry angle would be if the bullet came from the floor. If the bullet entered at a very numerically low angle (assume 0 degrees being straight in) say 10 degrees or less he was shooting at her and not the floor. If the bullet came from the floor and the victim was relatively close (like in the same room) you would see an angle of 30 degrees or more. Rarely do you see a bullet ricochet at a sharp angle they skip like a rock thrown on a pond. At sharper angles they tend to fragment and you get shrapnel effect and not one projectile.
If the bullet entered from a low angle (the floor) the exit blood splatter would be high as well and you would see blood high on walls or ceiling.