Bandy v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1982
Citation profile
5
cited by 5 later decisions
1
states following
May 1994
most recently cited
4 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on North Carolina v. Alford · Rice v. State · State v. Robinson · Matthews v. State · Bounds v. State
Most-quoted passages
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“INSTRUCTION NO. I If you do not find the defendant guilty of voluntary manslaughter, you must consider whether he is guilty of involuntary manslaughter. If you find and believe from the evidence beyond a reasonable doubt: First, that on September 3, 1985 in the City of St. Louis, State of Missouri, the defendant caused the death of Diane Green by shooting her, and Second, that the defendant recklessly caused the death of Diane Green, then you will find the defendant guilty of involuntary manslaughter. However, if you do not find and believe from the evidence beyond a reasonable doubt each and all of these propositions, you must find the defendant not guilty [of involuntary manslaughter]. In determining whether the defendant recklessly caused the death of Diane Green, you are instructed that a person acts recklessly as to causing the death of another person when there is a substantial and unjustifiable risk he will cause death and he consciously disregards that risk, and such disregard is a gross deviation from what a reasonable person would do in the circumstances.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. State v. Skinner
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