Powell v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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1 federal appellate · 5 state decisions

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1. “We conclude from our independent examination of Powell's letters they do not contain any explicit demand for specific action or restraint from action on the part of anyone at the CRC. Furthermore, [there was no argument that there was} an implicit demand that anyone at the CRC should act or refrain from acting in a specific way.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. McGraw v. Cox

2. “on its face and in the cireumstances in which it is made is so unequivocal, unconditional, immediate and specific as to the person threatened as to convey a gravity of purpose and imminent prospect of execution.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. McGraw v. Cox