417 So. 2d 263 - State v. Casper’s Empirical Analysis

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22 state decisions

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1. “[T]he decoy did not detect or discover, nor could he reasonably be intended to discover, the type of crime the police were attempting to prevent by the use of the decoy, i.e., robberies and purse snatchings. Indeed, lifting some money protruding from the pocket of a seemingly unconscious, drunken bum is just not sufficiently similar to either robbery or purse snatchings. Upon these facts, the decoy simply provided the opportunity to commit a crime to anyone who succumbed to the lure of the bait.”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 465 So. 2d 516 - Cruz v. State · 431 So. 2d 309 - State v. Holliday

2. “focuses on the intent or predisposition of the defendant to commit a crime.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 456 So. 2d 471 - Morris v. State · 426 So. 2d 1044 - State v. Sokos

3. “[T]he Jacksonville Sheriff's Office deployed a decoy... to apprehend potential robbers and thieves. The decoy was dressed in old clothes and doused himself with alcohol in order to appear to be under the influence of alcoholic beverages. He was in a semi-prone position on the sidewalk with several bills amounting to $150 protruding from his rear pant's pocket. The bills were clearly visible to passersby and were stapled together. If someone approached the decoy and talked to him, he was to pretend that he was unconscious and could not respond. Several robberies and purse snatchings had occurred in the general area of the site of the decoy. However, no robberies or thefts had occurred at this specific site to the best knowledge of the Sheriff's office. None of the unsolved robberies or thefts involved the same type of victim or modus operandi of this case. The Sheriff's office had no suspects or identifications of possible suspects for the thefts and robberies and did not employ the decoy to catch any particular individual... . the defendant walked along Duval Street and observed the decoy lying on the side of the street. The defendant walked by and then returned to the decoy, reaching down and removing the protruding money. He then walked on down the street, where the police arrested him. The police had not observed the defendant in the area prior to his arrest. They had no knowledge that he had previously engaged in similar theft-related crimes prior to this arrest.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. State v. Cruz