Cockrell v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

5 state decisions

Most-quoted passages

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1. “"On October 1, 2001, following a previous disagreement over the theft of some money from Carlos Ivey's car, Cockrell was seen hiding in some bushes next to the neighborhood grocery store. Ivey pulled up in his car to a stop sign close *Page 175 to the store. Cockrell, following Ivey's car, ran from the bushes down the street. Cockrell fired several shots into Ivey's car. One of the shots struck 12-year-old Jerome Fails, who was standing on his grandmother's front porch eating a sucker, in the head. Although Jerome survived, he suffered severe brain damage and [is] unable to move or talk. "Cockrell testified that Ivey fired at him first, that he fired at Ivey in self-defense, and that he did not intend to shoot Jerome Fails."”

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

2. “'[c]learly, there is no crime of attempted felony murder when no death occurs during the course of a felony. ... Likewise, the doctrine of transferred intent does not apply to attempted murder when there is no death.'”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 241 W. Va. 590 - State of West Virginia v. Marcus Stephen Sanders