This is an opinion by Justice Wiley, so it's replete with one- and two-sentence paragraphs. One series of paragraphs/sentences reads:
"Sarabia fired more shots through the door at Ramon.
Romero ran to a closet. She hid behind the curtain that served as the closet door.
Sarabia called to her, “Where are you, bitch?”
Sarabia shot through the curtain into the closet, hitting Romero in the stomach. Despite her wound, Romero kept quiet. She heard Sarabia rustling among things in the room.
When Sarabia left, Romero called 911.
Officers found German dead in a pool of blood.
The officers heard the shower running. They tried to open the door, but it was blocked. Forcing their way in, they found Ramon in a deathlike pose. Paramedics later saved Ramon."
I understand all of that, but I'm not sure what it means to be in a "deathlike pose" (or why that's significant or worthy of inclusion).
I've looked it up, and apparently that term has never heretofore be used in any published (or unpublished) state or federal opinion. Mr. Google says there are some clinical references to the term, but I'm still not sure what the phrase is intended to convey, other than that Ms. Romero was shot and presumably lying in a still position.
Though, as an aside, "Deathllike Pose" might be a good name for a band.
