Barfield v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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8 state decisions

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1. “While the court's special instruction [that, as a general rule, lack of affirmative medical treatment of the victim, whose initial injury was proximately caused by the defendant's action, does not constitute an intervening cause relieving the defendant of criminal responsibility for the victim's death] accurately restated this law, Fecske argues that the instruction constituted an improper comment on the evidence by the court. We agree. As the state conceded at oral argument, causation is an element of UBAL manslaughter under section 316.193. Thus, Fecske should have been allowed to defend that the pneumonia, and not his negligence, caused the victim's death. By giving the special instruction, however, the court essentially directed a verdict on this defense in favor of the state.”

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

2. “Proof of the purchase or sale of stolen property at a price substantially below the fair market value unless satisfactorily explained gives rise to an inference that a person buying or selling the property knew or should have known that the property had been stolen.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 209 So. 3d 37 - Jeudy v. State