State v. Austin’s Empirical Analysis

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1 federal appellate · 29 state decisions

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1. “It would be unfair to permit the defendant to have the advantage of the possibility that a lesser “compromise” verdict will be returned (as opposed to being convicted of the offense charged) and then to raise the complaint for the first time on appeal, that the evidence did not support the responsive verdict to which he failed to object.”

   4 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 81 So. 3d 145 - State v. Alsay · 16 So. 3d 385 - State v. Lewis

2. “Upon receiving the takedown order, Troopers Bergeron and Baron moved in and parked their undercover vehicle at an angle behind the defendant’s Yukon. Detective Jewell ran from his undercover vehicle and positioned himself on the median in front of the Yukon, facing the passenger’s side headlight. Troopers Bergeron and Baron got out of their vehicle and stood behind the Yukon. All the officers repeatedly ordered the defendant to stop and surrender, but instead the defendant backed out of his parking space. According to Troopers Bergeron and Baron, the defendant backed toward them, but they moved out of the way. The Yukon ultimately collided with the undercover vehicle. Trooper Derrick Stewart, who was on foot in the parking lot, testified that he fired at the Yukon when it narrowly missed Trooper Bergeron. At that point, Detectives Jewell, Piz-zolato and Boilan were on foot in front of the Yukon, wearing marked police clothing. They too repeatedly ordered the defendant to stop. However, the defendant placed the vehicle in gear and accelerated forward. All three officers fired their weapons at the defendant: Detective Boilan, who had moved away from Detectives Jewell and Pizzolato and was in the clear, fired in defense of the two detectives, while Detectives Jewell and Pizzolato fired in defense of their own lives. Detective Pizzolato testified that he moved out of the way. Detective Jewell testified that he was watching the defendant through the window and saw him violently je”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 58 So. 3d 637 - State v. Dorsey

3. “In State v. Jones, 03-180 (La.App. 3 Cir. 9/10/03) , 855 So.2d 408 , writ denied, State ex rel. Hancock v. State, 04-0409 (La.1/14/05), 889 So.2d 262 , the court found the evidence was sufficient for the jury to infer that the defendant had the specific intent to kill a deputy sheriff and affirmed the defendant’s conviction of attempted second-degree murder. In Jones, the officer pursued the defendant’s vehicle on to a dead end street as it fled from a house that the defendant had burglarized. The vehicle came to a stop near a large fence located at the end of the street. The officer parked his vehicle on the road, got out of the car with his weapon drawn, and ordered the occupants of the truck to surrender. The officer said it appeared that the defendant looked in his rear view mirror and observed the officer standing on the road to the left of the driver’s side door. However, the truck’s engine revved and the vehicle backed toward the officer at a high rate of speed. The officer jumped on the trunk of his car to avoid being struck by the defendant. Jones, 03-180 at p. 2, 855 So.2d at 410 . The third circuit concluded that the circumstances indicated the defendant had the specific intent to kill the officer because the defendant drove straight at him while accelerating. The court noted that alternate routes were available to the defendant to avoid the officer. Jones, 03-180 at p. 6, 855 So.2d at 412 . In contrast, in State v. Amos, 550 So.2d 272 (La.App. 4 Cir.1989), the cou”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 58 So. 3d 637 - State v. Dorsey