Phillip Bundy v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

7 state decisions

Most-quoted passages

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1. “Now, if you find from the evidence beyond a reasonable doubt that on or about the 7th day of December, 2011, in Denton County, Texas, the defendant, PETRIT DIKO, did then and there intentionally or knowingly cause the death of an individual, namely, Mimoza Diko, by striking or cutting or stabbing Mimo-za Diko with a screwdriver ór a knife or scissors or a metal bed frame or a piece of wood or an object unknown to the Grand Jury; -OR- If you find from the evidence beyond a reasonable doubt that on or about the 7th day of December,'2011, in Denton County, Texas, the defendant, PETRIT DIKO, did then and there, with intent to cause serious bodily injury to an individual, namely, Mimoza Diko, commit an act clearly dangerous to human life that caused the death of said Mimoza Diko, by striking or cutting or stabbing Mimo-za Diko with a. screwdriver or a knife or scissors or a metal bed frame or a piece of wood or an object unknown to the Grand Jury, then you will find the defendant, guilty , of murder as charged in the indictment.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissent
   e.g. Petrit Diko v. State