559 F. Supp. 2d 759 - Longwell v. Arnold’s Empirical Analysis
2008
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Applies 28 U.S.C. § 2253 (Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996) · 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996) · 28 U.S.C. § 636
Relies on Jackson v. Virginia · Williams v. Taylor · In the Matter of Samuel Winship · Coleman v. Thompson · Wainwright v. Sykes
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“On December 5, 2001, [Longwell] and her boyfriend, Ray Shively, drove from Louisville to Proffitt’s Department Store in Elizabethtown, Kentucky. While Shively waited in the car, [Longwell] entered the store and proceeded to hide numerous articles of clothing in her pants. Jonathon Goldsburg, the store’s Loss Prevention Manager, observed [Longwell] shoplifting items from several areas of the store. Goldsburg called another Loss Prevention Manager, Chad Harrod, and both men confronted [Longwell] after she exited the store. While [Longwell] was arguing with Goldsburg and Harrod, Shively approached, armed with two knives. Shively ordered both men back into the store as [Longwell] ran to the car. Shively thereafter got into the passenger side of the ear and [Longwell] sped away. After a lengthy car chase during which [Longwell] ran numerous traffic lights and ignored police sirens, six police cruisers blocked the car and she and Shively were apprehended. When police approached the vehicle, Shively was in the passenger seat holding the stolen clothing. [Longwell] and Shively were indicted in the Hardin Circuit Court for first- degree robbery ([Longwell] as an accomplice) and first-degree fleeing or evading police.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“(1) [Longwell] and Shively drove from Louisville to Proffitt’s in Elizabethtown; (2) [Longwell] entered the store with the intention of shoplifting items to sell for money to support her drug habit; (2)[sic] Shively waited in the driver’s seat of the car with the door open; (4) Shively, armed with two knives, approached Goldsburg and Harrod when they attempted to confront [Longwell]; (5) [Longwell] immediately thereafter ran to the car with the stolen items; (6) [Longwell] and Shively fled from the scene and were only apprehended after a lengthy police chase; and (7) police found Shively sitting in the car holding the stolen merchandise.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
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