Sharkey v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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2 state decisions

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1. “On Sunday evening, July 5, 1987, at or about 10:00 p.m., Sharkey went to The Spot, a tavern in Calumet City, drank some beer, then went to another tavern nearby and had several drinks. He then returned to The Spot and began playing pool with a girl at her invitation. He had seen her there before. He had several more drinks and became intoxicated. The girl, Pamela Summers, the victim here, told Sharkey she was a prostitute and charged only twenty dollars. He gave her twenty dollars and they left in his automobile. While he was driving she began to perform oral sex on him and then bit him. He claimed he tried to push her away and she became very violent, beating on him and biting him while he was trying to drive. He put his hand on her neck and squeezed tightly, attempting to push her away from him when she went limp and motionless. He tried to revive her but realized she was dead.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Sharkey v. State