171 N.C. App. 504 - State v. Dennison’s Empirical Analysis

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1 state decisions

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1. ““(1) lack of provocation on the part of the deceased, (2) the conduct and statements of the defendant before and after the killing, (3) threats and declarations of the defendant before and during the occurrence giving rise to the death of the deceased, (4) ill-will or previous difficulty between the parties, (5) the dealing of lethal blows after the deceased has been felled and rendered helpless, (6) evidence that the killing was done in a brutal manner, and (7) the nature and number of the victim’s wounds.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 221 N.C. App. 509 - State v. Robinson

2. “the State must prove beyond a reasonable doubt that the defendant formed a specific intent to kill after premeditation and deliberation. Premeditation means that the defendant thought about killing the victim for some period of time, however short, before the killing. Deliberation means the execution of an intent to kill in a cool state of blood without legal provocation and in furtherance of a fixed design; it does not require reflection for any appreciable length of time.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 221 N.C. App. 509 - State v. Robinson