749 So. 2d 215 - Coffield v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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6 state decisions

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1. “in our present murder statute, is often not capable of direct proof. See, e.g., Higgins v. State, 725 So.2d 220 (¶ 26) (Miss.1998)(stating malice may be inferred from use of a deadly weapon); Strong v. State, 600 So.2d 199, 202 (Miss.1992)(finding reasonable inferences that flow from facts of killing established”

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

2. “Robbery is defined as the taking of `the personal property of another. . . .' We are satisfied that the State is not required, as a critical element of these crimes, to either charge or to put on affirmative proof, beyond the specific identity of the victim, that the victim was a human being.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 965 So. 2d 705 - Carter v. State

3. “[t]he killing of a human being without the authority of law by any means or in any manner shall be murder in the following cases: (a) When done with deliberate design to effect the death of the person killed, or of any human being.”

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