Wong v. State’s Empirical Analysis
2015
Citation profile
2
cited by 2 later decisions
1
states following
March 2017
most recently cited
2 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Sochor v. Florida · Brown v. State · State v. Delva · 498 So. 2d 929 - State v. Wimberly · 117 So. 2d 473 - Williams v. State
Most-quoted passages
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“[State:] Are you asking for any lessens? [Defense Counsel:] Let me look at them. [State:] There aren’t any category one. [Defense Counsel:] No. [State:] There’s cat two lessens, but I don’t have my book out in front of me what they are. The Court: These are the witnesses that were supposed to be here this morning? [Defense Counsel:] Yes, Your Honor. [Wong’s sister] cannot make it. She’s in the hospital. The Court: Okay. [State:] I just found this out today. The Court: Only. Here’s the verdict form. The verdict. [State:] Okay. The Court: If you find the defendant guilty as charged in the information or not guilty, if you return a verdict of guilty, it should be proven beyond a reasonable doubt. If you find no offense has been proven beyond a reasonable doubt or—only one verdict may be returned. [State:] May I approach? The Court: Yes. [State:] I’ll grab yours, [defense counsel.] [Defense Counsel:] Your Honor, I’m looking at 11.8, committing unnatural act and lascivious act. 11.8. I don’t know if [the State] has a copy of that. [State:] Of the category two? The Court: Here’s weighing the evidence. [State:] May I approach? The Court: Yeah. How much time do you think you need for closing? [Defense Counsel:] 45 minutes to an hour. [State:] We would go probably on the low side of that total. If he wants 45, we’ll take 45. The Court: 30 and 15? Something like that? [State:] We can do that. [Defense Counsel:] She gets 30, I get 15? I’m just kidding. Your Honor, I don’t know if the St”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrence“Taken in context, when defense counsel stated, “I' understand,” the most logical interpretation is that he acknowledged and agreed with the court’s general statement of law that instructing the jury on category two lesser is not mandatory. We know this to be the case because defense counsel continued, “I’m asking you. I’m pleading.” Defense counsel obviously understood that there was no ruling by the court to this point because he continued to ask and even “plead” to the court for a favorable ruling. Drawing any other conclusion from the record would be impermissible speculation into the undisclosed mental processes of defense counsel. There was no further discussion of the matter, there was no ruling by the court on the request, and there was no contemporaneous objection.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“[Defense Counsel:] I understand. I’m asking you. I’m pleading. The Court: I’m going to give your witnesses until 4 o’clock. I’ve been waiting for 25 minutes now.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
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