776 So. 2d 884 - Hammond v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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5 state decisions

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1. ““On August 3, 1988, Jerry Hammond and Sandra Jackson went to Hammond’s house in Dothan, where they smoked crack cocaine. During the late evening hours, they smoked crack cocaine on four occasions. Between those occa sions they drove back and forth from Hammond’s house to Martin Homes housing project, where they would purchase more crack cocaine. According to Jackson, they would smoke the crack cocaine at Hammond’s house, and after the effects of the drug wore off after 10 to 20 minutes, they would go purchase some more crack cocaine. After the fourth purchase, the two had run out of money and, according to Jackson, Hammond told her he could get some money ‘from a lady that he knew.’ Sometime after midnight, the two left Hammond’s house in a distinctive blue Volkswagen automobile with ‘mag wheels’ and a ‘T-top’ roof. They drove to the Dothan neighborhood where Hammond’s 80-year-old uncle James McNeil lived. According to Jackson, Hammond got out of the car carrying a yellow towel and a knife. He told her, ‘I’m not going to Cousin McNeil’s house.’ She stayed in the car, and watched Hammond walk down the street into the dark. Jackson testified that, as she sat in the car, she heard a door ‘pushing, as if something was hindering it from opening.’ She said she also heard loud groaning, and the sound of glass breaking. When Hammond returned to the car, he did not have the towel, but he was still carrying the knife. He was also carrying a pair of blue pants that had what appeared to ”

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   e.g. State v. Hammond