State v. Suire’s Empirical Analysis

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1 state decisions

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1. “The Defendant readily admitted to writing the note. According to the Defendant, he wrote the note because of his frustrating experiences with the Office of Community Services. He had not seen his daughter since June 1,1998 and did not understand why he had to undergo a psychiatric evaluation at the Office of Community Services’ request and then another evaluation after that office received the results of the initial evaluation. Furthermore, he expressed a feeling of helplessness in that he did not have the financial resources to mount an effective challenge to the Office of Community Services’ removal of his minor daughter from his custody. He “didn’t know what to do with [his] frustrations any longer.” He, therefore, penned the bomb threat and had it delivered to the Office of Community Services in New Iberia. He testified that he did not intend to hurt anyone. The Defendant voluntarily surrendered to law enforcement authorities upon learning that he was being sought. He called his act “stupid” and never would have done it had he known of the consequences. He expressed his remorse to the court and testified that he owed apologies to a “whole lot of people.” The Office of Community Services, he testified, has no need to fear him. He simply wanted to see his daughter and “didn’t know how to act.” He would “give anything to forget that day ever happened.” [[Image here]] At the sentencing hearing, his sister, Mary Bertrand, testified that the Defendant was a homebody who helped ”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 827 So. 2d 569 - State v. Suire

2. “The Defendant is a forty-nine year old physically disabled individual whose eleven year old daughter was removed from his custody by the Office of Community Services in December, 1998. The record is unclear as to the reasons for her removal. The Defendant testified at his sentencing hearing that his minor daughter was placed in a mental institution for “hallucinations” after she went to her mother’s house for a weekend visit on June 1,1998. On April 7, 1999, Mr. Suire communicated a threat to the Office of Community Services located in New Iberia in the form of a handwritten note which contained a formula for making an explosive device. The note was delivered by Mickey Suire along with a bag allegedly containing an explosive. The state police bomb squad investigated and a telephone paging device with an antenna was located in the bag. The device was determined not to be an explosive.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 827 So. 2d 569 - State v. Suire