Ford v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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1 state decisions

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1. “Lackey testified that after taking the correct photos, he pulled to the side of the road to input another address into his GPS. After setting the GPS, Lackey pulled back onto the road. At that time, he noticed the gold SUV from the mobile home approach his vehicle from behind at a high rate of speed. Lackey sped up. When the vehicle was approximately a car length away, the driver leaned out of the driver’s side window, aimed a handgun, and shot through the rear windshield of Lackey’s vehicle. Then, the gold SUV turned around and sped away from Lackey. [Lackey] ... immediately called the Scott County Sheriffs Department and subsequently went to the sheriffs office. While at the sheriffs office, Lackey saw Ford as the law enforcement officers brought him into the station. Lackey later told the officers that Ford was the individual that shot at his vehicle. Kevin Polk, an investigator with the Scott County Sheriffs Department, testified that he and several other officers' responded to the call from dispatch regarding Lackey’s incident. He and the other officers went to the vicinity of where the incident had occurred. At the first mobile home that the officers approached, they spoke with Jessica Adams, Ford’s girlfriend. Adams told Investigator Polk that Ford had gone to pick up his children from school. Upon hearing this, Investigator Polk and an additional Scott County deputy left the mobile home to intercept Ford on his way back from the school. When Investigator Polk saw Ford”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Darius Cornelius Ford v. State of Mississippi