State v. Ross’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

6 state decisions

Most-quoted passages

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1. “Like Nguyen , in the case at bar, no medical testimony was presented to establish the victim’s condition. In this case, the victim’s testimony was the only evidence offered by the State regarding the extent and seriousness of his wounds. [The victim] testified that he was shot in the right forearm and in the chest. He indicated to the jury the location of the bullet wounds. He testified that [the defendant] shot him with a .45 caliber weapon and that one bullet entered his chest and exited under his armpit. [The victim] testified that he was hospitalized overnight in the [hospital’s] intensive care unit[.] In Nguyen , the victim was shot in the hip, rather than the chest, and the record does not reflect that he was admitted to the hospital as a result of his wound.”

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

2. “1. A person commits the crime of assault in the first degree if he attempts to kill or knowingly causes or attempts to cause serious physical injury to another person. 2. Assault in the first degree is a class B felony unless in the course thereof the actor inflicts serious physical injury on the victim in which case it is a class A felony.”

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