437 So. 2d 1072 - Fitzpatrick v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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13 state decisions

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1. “Four people, plus Tequila Larkins, were in the laundromat when the Defendant broke in and began shooting. People were forced to hit the floor and take whatever cover was available. Sixteen bullet fragments were later found in the laundromat. In his confession, the Defendant admitted that he was at one point trying to shoot his way out. At least one witness stated that he could feel shots hitting near his feet as he lay crouched on the floor. Unquestionably, the Defendant created a great risk of death to many persons.”

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

2. “A man who opposes the death penalty, no less than the one who favors it, can make the discretionary judgment entrusted to him by the State and can thus obey the oath he takes as a juror.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 475 So. 2d 1205 - Gore v. State