2000 OK CR 17 - Young v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

6 federal appellate · 40 state decisions

Most-quoted passages

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1. “We review sufficiency of the evidence claims in the light most favorable to the prosecution to determine whether any rational trier of fact could have found the essential elements of the crime beyond a reasonable doubt.”

   7 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Young v. Sirmons · MARTINEZ v. STATE

2. “Appellant argues he was denied effective assistance of counsel during the second stage of trial as a result of counsel’s failure to present mitigation evidence. To successfully prove ineffective assistance of counsel, Appellant must show: (1) that defense counsel’s performance was deficient; and (2) that he was prejudiced by the deficient performance. Failure to prove either of these elements is fatal to Appellant’s entire claim. Young argues trial counsel was ineffective for failing to present mitigating evidence, and specifically for failing to seek out and present available evidence relating to the social impact on the physical, mental, emotional, and moral development of children raised in inner-city ghettos. Young attempts to support this claim by referring to extra-record material filed in support of his Motion for Evidentiary Hearing on Sixth Amendment Claims. Therein, Appellant requested an evidentiary hearing pursuant to Rule 3.11(B)(3)(b)(i), Rules of the Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals. Rule 3.11 (B)(3)(b)(i) allows an appellant to request an evidentiary hearing when it is alleged on appeal that trial counsel was ineffective for failing “to utilize available evidence which could have been made available during the course of the trial.... ” Once an application has been properly submitted along with supporting affidavits, this Court reviews the application to see if it contains “sufficient evidence to show this Court by clear and convincing evidence there is a str”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Young v. Sirmons · Lockett v. State

3. “[W]e find Appellant was also not entitled to instructions on second degree depraved mind murder. While we would concede Appellant’s imminently dangerous conduct caused the death of Joe Sutton, we simply cannot interpret the evidence to show he committed such conduct without a particularized intent. A design to effect death [i.e., premeditation] is inferred from the fact of killing, unless the circumstances raise a reasonable doubt whether such design existed. Premeditation sufficient to constitute murder may be formed in an instant. Malice aforethought may be proved by circumstantial evidence. Appellant entered the business with the intent to rob its occupants with the use of a deadly weapon. He stood directly in front of Joe Sutton, raised his weapon, and demanded money. He fired upon Sutton when Sutton tried unsuccessfully to defend himself. The physical evidence showed the gunshot wound that killed Sutton entered through the right side of the back of his chest. Malice can be inferred from these facts and the evidence did not require an instruction on depraved mind second degree murder.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Young v. Sirmons · MARTINEZ v. STATE