734 So. 2d 89 - State v. Lanieu’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

27 state decisions

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1. “after the defendant and the victim had argued and cursed at each other, the defendant reached into the victim’s car, pointed his gun through the passenger side window and shot the victim, the driver of the car, twice in the head Additionally, at least one witness testified that there was a pause of one to three minutes between the first and second gunshot. After the shooting, the defendant left the crime scene in the victim’s vehicle with the victim’s body in the vehicle. He subsequently dumped the body in a field. According to the officer who eventually stopped and arrested the defendant, when he pursued the defendant and turned on his police lights and siren, the defendant fled at a high rate of speed. Additionally, we note that the defendant received a benefit when the juiy chose to convict him of the lesser crime of manslaughter as the facts of this case were sufficient to convict him of the charged offense of second degree murder.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 184 So. 3d 886 - State v. Fox

2. “A defendant does not have an absolute right to demand the PSI [pre-sentence investigation]. . . .”

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