Davidson v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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7 state decisions

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1. “The drafters of Indiana’s voluntariness provision used section 2.01 of the Model Penal Code as the source. The American Law Institute report on the provision indicates that its purpose is to exclude from voluntary conduct those mental impairments that are the product of an otherwise healthy mind. The illustrative examples are reflexes, convulsions, unconsciousness (for example, a driver who loses consciousness and runs over a pedestrian), somnambulism, hypnosis, and a residual category for movements not a product of the actor’s effort (where the actor is moved by force). Because the Model Penal Code’s list of such conditions was not imported into our Code, we have recognized that certain conditions not included in the ALI model can be covered under the Indiana statute.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. O'CONNELL v. State

2. “Blakely does not prohibit a trial court from finding aggravating circumstances. What it does prohibit is a trial court finding an aggravating circumstance and enhancing a sentence beyond the statutory maximum.” (emphasis in original)). 10 .We recognize that the trial court suspended this sentence in its entirely. However, Drakulieh may still challenge this enhancement, as”

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