130 N.C. App. 154 - State v. Hayes’s Empirical Analysis

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2 federal appellate · 28 state decisions

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1. “[Mrs. Hayes] came in and it was apparent to me she was upset.... I asked her what was wrong. She said she and John had been into it again. She wanted to know if I was going to tell her how stupid and dumb she was for putting up with it and not leaving. I told her, "no,” I wasn't going to tell her anything like that. She said, "don’t you want to know.” I asked her why. She said John told her that if she ever left him he would kill her, and he would see her dead before she ever had any of his money.” (J.A. at 1737); "[Mrs. Hayes] came in and sat down, and her eyes were all swollen which looked like from crying. And. I asked her what was wrong. And she said, "I almost didn’t come tonight.” I asked her why. She said John was in one of his rages again. And I asked her what happened. And she said he got angry with her and unzipped his pants and urinated on the kitchen floor in front of her and then pushed her down and put her head down in it and wiped the floor up with her hair.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Hayes v. York

2. ““(1) it appeared to defendant and he believed it to be necessary to kill the deceased in order to save himself from death or great bodily harm; and (2) defendant’s belief was reasonable in that the circumstances as they appeared to him at the time were sufficient to create such a belief in the mind of a person of ordinary firmness; and (3) defendant was not the aggressor in bringing on the affray, . . . and (4) defendant did not use excessive force . . . .””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 131 N.C. App. 465 - State v. Childers

3. “(1) there has been a full evidentiary hearing where the substance of the objection(s) raised by the motion in limine has been thoroughly explored; (2) the order denying the motion is explicit and definitive; (3) the evidence actually offered at trial is substantially consistent with the evidence explored at the hearing on the motion; and (4) there is no suggestion that the trial court would reconsider the matter at trial....”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 132 N.C. App. 40 - State v. Gary