100 Conn. App. 833 - State v. Collins’s Empirical Analysis

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16 state decisions

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1. ““Q. What do you have to tell me regarding the incident that occurred on August 28, 2002, on Pembroke Street? “A. I was leaving my apartment on Pembroke Street, I was only living there for about two . . . weeks, I don’t remember the number, but it was near Marlborough Court. I saw my cousin’s husband, [Rose]. He was in a white livery cab, he was circling around and came back. He threw the car in park and ran up on me. “Q. How long have you known [Rose]? “A. He’s married to my cousin, Jessenia. “Q. I’m showing you a picture, can you tell me if you know this person? “A. Yea, that’s [Rose], he’s married to Jessenia.” “’*”|!*[The defendant] signed and dated the back of the photo at this time*’1”1’ “Q Go on. “A. He was yelling and screaming at me. He was accusing me of crashing his wife’s car. “Q. What kind of car? “A. A Corolla, grey. “Q. Okay. He’s yelling at you and then? “A. I was trying to walk away and he kept getting in my face. He took a swing at me. He hit me hard in the face. “Q. What did you do after he hit you in the face? “A. I had a gun on my side, so I shot him. “Q. How many times did you shoot him? “A. I don’t know. “Q. What kind of gun was it? “A. I know it was a nine. You just touch the trigger and the bullets keep coming out. It was a chrome with black in it. “Q. Did any of the bullets hit him? “A. At first I thought I didn’t hit him [because] he went to hit me again. “Q. Did you keep shooting? “A. There were no bullets left. “Q. And then? “A. We were locked up, ”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Collins

2. “[A] jury instruction with respect to proximate cause must contain, at a minimum, the following elements: (1) an indication that the defendant's conduct must contribute substantially and materially, in a direct manner, to the victim's injuries; and (2) an indication that the defendant's conduct cannot have been superseded by an efficient, intervening cause that produced the injuries.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 184 Conn. App. 402 - State v. Lin Qi Si

3. “[I]n order for legal causation to exist in a criminal prosecution, the state must prove beyond a reasonable doubt that the defendant was both the cause in fact, or actual cause, as well as the proximate cause of the victim's [death].”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 184 Conn. App. 402 - State v. Lin Qi Si