State v. Smith’s Empirical Analysis

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4 state decisions

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1. “Ladies and Gentlemen, there's a couple of things that were brought up on [defense counsel's] closing argument I just want to address briefly. One of the essential things when the State thinks about the case, as the prosecutor sits here trying to go through all the evidence, some of the essential questions that come to mind, is what type of society do we live in. Do we live in a lawful society or a lawless society? Again, obviously, Anthony Smith is someone who has violated the law in the past. Anthony Smith, again, doesn't come with clean hands. Does that mean that Major and Lorielle, if you believe what they have to say, should be subjected to the use of deadly force? No. A lawful society would be one where, obviously, Anthony Smith has not committed his prior acts. A lawful society is one where Anthony Smith is one who will be respectful of that no contact order as he is expected to do so. But a lawful society is also one where people cannot use whatever means of force under whatever circumstances and then come before you and say subjectively in my mind I thought it was appropriate. That's not a lawful society.”

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

2. “II. That the evidence presented at trial by both parties demonstrates that there was a confrontation between Anthony and Sarah Smith. Ms. Smith had a long history of being victimized by Anthony Smith, and that on the day of the incident she was in fear of Mr. Smith. That although the jury did not find for the defendant on self-defense, the evidence demonstrated that it was an "incomplete defense". III. That the conduct giving rise to the three convictions involved a single act against three individuals as opposed to three separate acts occurring at separate times. IV. That in order to accomplish the purposes behind the SRA, an exceptional sentence is appropriate in this case.”

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

3. “I didn't call the police because I was afraid if I got on the phone, that would give Anthony enough time to get to me, and last time when I tried to call, he took the phone from me, popped it in half, and beat me up. And he told me when the police got there they wouldn't find anything but my dead body because the consequences for him would be the same, because he already had a restraining order and he is already in trouble.”

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