Springer v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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1 state decisions

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1. “The court shall base its restitution order upon a consideration of: (1) property damages of the victim incurred as a result of the crime, based on the actual cost of repair (or replacement if repair is inappropriate); (2) medical and hospital costs incurred by the victim (before the date of sentencing) as a result of the crime; (3) earnings lost by the victim (before the date of sentencing) as a result of the crime including earnings lost while the victim was hospitalized or participating in the investigation or trial of the crime; and (4) funeral, burial, or cremation costs incurred by the family or estate of a homicide victim as a result of the crime.”

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

2. “In general, prohibited conduct may be excused when it is the result of an accident. This defense contains three elements: (1) The conduct must be without unlawful intent or evil design on the part of the accused; (2) The act resulting in injury must not have been an unlawful act; (3) The act must not have been done recklessly, carelessly, or in wanton disregard of the consequences. The State has the burden of disproving this defense beyond a reasonable doubt.”

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

3. “Negligence is the failure to do what a reasonably careful and prudent person would have done under the same or like circumstances, or the doing of some thing which a reasonably careful and prudent person would not have done under the same or like circumstances; in other words, negligence is the failure to exercise reasonable or ordinary care.”

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