Koontz v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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1 state decisions

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1. “There is no question that the evidence shows the commission of the offense of aggravated robbery with a deadly weapon on the occasion in question. The real issue is whether the evidence as we have described it is sufficient to show that Koontz solicited, encouraged, directed, aided, or attempted to aid others to commit the offense. We hold that it is because Koontz’s presence with his companions at the time of the aggravated robbery aided or attempted to aid them in the commission of the offense by causing the victim and the victim’s son to be overwhelmed by the sheer number of those involved, and because the jury was free to infer Koontz’s intent in being present at the robbery by virtue of his having been present at a similar robbery involving a different victim.”

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