Lightfoot v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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3 state decisions

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1. ““The record reflects that, at the beginning of trial, just before the venire was brought into the courtroom, the State requested that the trial court instruct the jury on the firearm enhancement in § 13A-12-231(13) and allow the jury to determine its applicability. The record contains no notice to Lightfoot from the State of its intent to seek application of the enhancement before the State requested the jury instruction at the beginning of trial. Lightfoot objected to the State’s requested instruction on the ground that the enhancement was ‘not a part of the indictment and we were not notified that we would be defending that.’ The trial court did not rule on the State’s request or Lightfoot’s objection, stating instead T haven’t decided what I’m going to do yet.’ The record reflects no further discussion of the requested jury instruction, Light-foot’s objection, or the enhancement. In addition, the trial court did not instruct the jury on the enhancement, and Light-foot lodged no objection to the trial court’s failure to instruct the jury on the enhancement. “At the sentencing hearing, the trial court sentenced Lightfoot to a total of 15 years’ imprisonment for the trafficking conviction, which included the 5-year enhancement in § 13A-12-231(13) for possession of a firearm during the commission of the crime, and ordered Lightfoot to pay fines totaling $75,000 — $50,000 for his trafficking conviction under § 13A-12-231(2)a., plus an additional $25,000 for possession of a fire”

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

2. ““The evidence adduced at trial indicated the following. On January 18, 2009, at approximately 4:00 a.m., Blake Dean, a patrol officer with the Huntsville Police Department, executed a traffic stop of a vehicle that had ‘swerved a few 'times across the line and had no tag light.’ ... The vehicle was being driven by Lightfoot; Brandy Newberry was a passenger in the vehicle. When Officer Dean approached the vehicle, he smelled the odor of marijuana emanating from inside the vehicle. When asked about the odor, Lightfoot said that he had been in a nightclub. Lightfoot also told Officer Dean that he had á pistol in the vehicle and that he had a permit for the pistol. Officer Dean then had Lightfoot and Newberry get out of the vehicle, and he searched the vehicle, finding what was later determined to be 42.4 grams of cocaine and 21.3 grams of marijuana in a purse on the passenger-side floorboard, and finding a pistol in the center console. Officer Dean first questioned Newberry about the narcotics. Based on her responses, he then, after advising Lightfoot of his rights under Miranda v. Arizona, 384 U.S. 436 , 86 S.Ct. 1602 , 16 L.Ed.2d 694 (1966), questioned Lightfoot about the narcotics. Lightfoot told Officer Dean that when he first saw Officer Dean’s emergency lights, he got the cocaine and marijuana out of the center console of the vehicle and gave them to Newberry, who put them in her purse. “After both sides rested and the trial court instructed the jury on the applicable prin”

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