78 So. 3d 1025 - Crain v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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8 state decisions

Most-quoted passages

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1. “In contrast to the jury instruction on count I, which related to the murder charge and instructed the jury on alternative theories of kidnapping, on count II, the jury was not instructed on the unpled alternative of kidnapping with intent to inflict body [sic] harm. Thus, on appeal, when examining whether the evidence was legally sufficient to support a separate conviction for kidnapping as charged in count II of the indictment, this Court concluded that competent, substantial evidence did not exist to support the jury verdict of kidnapping with the intent to commit homicide . As to count I, however, we held that there was sufficient evidence to support a felony murder conviction under the alternative theory of kidnapping with the intent to inflict bodily harm .”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Willie Seth Crain, Jr. v. State of Florida

2. “(1) prior violent felonies (great weight), (2) the murder was committed during the course of a kidnapping (great weight), and (3) the victim was under the age of twelve (great weight).”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Willie Seth Crain, Jr. v. State of Florida