880 So. 2d 696 - Chambers v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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7 state decisions

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1. “On March 21, 2002, Mr. Chambers knocked on the door of Marcia Radway’s apartment. Ms. Radway claimed that he forced his way in and told her that he had been hired to kill her. He pulled out a gun and threatened her with it. At the time of these events, Richard Blair was in the bathroom of the apartment. Mr. Chambers allegedly threatened him with the gun and told him not to come out of the bathroom. A struggle then occurred between Ms. Radway and Mr. Chambers in which the gun discharged and shot her in the leg. Mr. Chambers then fled from the apartment. At trial, Ms. Radway testified that she had not known Mr. Chambers prior to this burglary. Ms. Radway is Jamaican and when the police first arrived at the scene of this crime, she told them that another Jamaican named “Zeke” had shot her. Mr. Chambers was arrested following a high-speed car chase during which he threw the gun involved in the shooting out the window of his car. Following his arrest, Mr. Chambers gave a recorded statement to the police in which he claimed that he and a man named “Dray” had gone to the apartment to purchase thirteen pounds of marijuana. Mr. Chambers stated that “Dray” was involved in the purchase of the marijuana in another room, while he merely waited in the living room. Mr. Chambers heard a scuffle in the other room and then a gunshot. Thereafter, the two men fled together. However, no one named “Dray” was ever located. The gunshot alerted neighbors to this event, and no neighbor saw anyone othe”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Patrick A. Chambers v. Secretary, Department of Corrections

2. “[I]t is not fundamental error to convict a defendant under an erroneous lesser included charge when he had an opportunity to object to the charge and failed to do so if: 1) the improperly charged offense is lesser in degree and penalty than the main offense or 2) defense counsel requested the improper charge or relied on that charge as evidenced by argument to the jury or other affirmative action. Failure to timely object precludes relief from such a conviction.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Waymon Kirkland v. State of Florida

3. “Continuing to apply the Ray analysis, we conclude that aggravated assault with a firearm, a second-degree felony, is lesser in degree and punishment than attempted second-degree murder with a firearm, a first-degree felony.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 975 So. 2d 444 - Chambers v. State