696 So. 2d 317 - Johnson v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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2 federal appellate · 17 state decisions

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1. “Lee Arthur Lawrence was murdered on March 20, 1989. Four suspects were charged in the crime. Petitioner and Bobbie Robinson were convicted, in separate trials, of first-degree murder and sentenced to death. David Ingraham was convicted of first-degree murder and sentenced to life in prison. Rodney Newsome was convicted of second-degree murder and sentenced to twenty-two years in prison. The relevant incident occurred in the evening of March 20, 1989, at Lee’s Grocery in Dade County. Working in the store at the time of the shooting were Valerie Briggs 2 and Juanita Meyers. 3 Bernard Williams had come to the store with his dog. 4 He was Meyers’ boyfriend. Before closing time, Briggs asked Meyers to take the trash outside. At that time, the owner (and victim) Lawrence left his office and went to the parking lot. Williams also exited to check on his dog. Outside, customer Josias Dukes was using a telephone. Due to his vantage point, Dukes was able to identify Ingraham as the perpetrator who carried the Uzi, a semiautomatic firearm. With these persons present, the violence began. Ingraham opened fire on Bernard Williams. Williams was hit in the back and fell to the ground. Ingraham then shot at Lawrence. Lawrence also fell to the ground. At this point, Petitioner exited the store (he had been making a purchase inside) and started firing his revolver at Lawrence. Ingraham started firing shots at Dukes. Both Ingraham and Petitioner fired stray shots in various directions. Lawrence w”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 480 F. Supp. 2d 1309 - Johnson v. McDonough

2. “[tjhere- can be no doubt that the jurors were aware that they should not discuss the case prior to deliberations. The fact that discussions did, in fact, take place clearly indicates an impropriety. See Amazon v. State, 487 So.2d 8, 11-12 (Fla.1986) (indicating that a juror’s comment to an alternate juror was more than improper, it was indeed presumptively prejudicial); Scott v. State, 619 So.2d 508, 509 (Fla. 3rd DCA 1993) (labeling premature deliberations, in the form of jury comments, as improper); Brooks v. Herndon Ambulance Service, 510 So.2d 1220, 1221 (Fla. 5th DCA 1987) (finding premature jury discussions to be improper). We have said that, once a prima facie case of potential prejudice has been established, the burden is on the State to rebut the ... presumption of prejudice. Amazon, 487 So.2d at 11 .”

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

3. “We have stated that this aggravator cannot be supported in situations where death to many people is merely a possibility. Instead, there must be a likelihood or high probability of death to many people. Further, we have indicated that the word “many” must be read plainly. Therefore, we uphold the application of this aggravating circumstance in scenarios in which four or more persons other than the victim are threatened with a great risk of death.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 60 So. 3d 959 - Silvia v. State