State v. Will’s Empirical Analysis

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1. “At trial, Nicole Madere testified that, on July 24, 2000, she ... drove into the Lakeside Shopping Center parking lot facing Veterans Highway. Madere noticed a man, later identified as defendant, Paul Will, walking towards the right side of her car ... As she was getting ready to open the door, Will was standing in front of her pointing a gun at her. Will told Madere to “scoot over,” and she complied. Will then got into the driver’s side of the car, turned the engine on, and started driving ... Madere asked Will to let her off at the gas station ... Will told her “No,” that she was just going to go for a ride, and that he did not want to take her car away from her.... Will and Madere first made a stop at a gas station in Mississippi ... Will used her ATM card to get gas ... When they stopped at the next gas station, she exited the car and Will followed her to the restroom ... There was no one else in the store at that point ... Madere did not feel at any point between the first two stops that she had the opportunity to escape. Early on in the trip, before they were getting ready to pull in somewhere or stop, Will expressed concerns that she might run away, and asked her if he needed to put her in the trunk. She told him “No” and that she would do whatever he asked of her. Madere testified that the whole time she thought that “something really bad was going to happen ...” Will asked Madere if she had any questions for him. She asked him where they were going, and he told her t”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 629 F. Supp. 2d 577 - Will v. Cain