929 So. 2d 1105 - Sutton v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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7 state decisions

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1. “[T]here was no evidence adduced to indicate that [the victim] was in possession of a weapon, [or] that [the victim] was going to retrieve a weapon inside the house or that Sutton was in imminent danger. . . . [Sutton's] own statement reflects that each time he fired the handgun after the warning shot it was not in self-defense but due either to his inability to control the trigger or his stumbling over stones. . . .”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 969 So. 2d 1117 - Barnes v. State

2. “I, Joyce Hobbs, Correctional Services Administrator, Central Records Office, State of Florida Department of Corrections, do hereby certify that this seal is the official seal of the Florida Department of Corrections. I also certify that the last release date for inmate Eugene Lumsden, [4] DC#647647, B/M, DOB: 4/1/1963, was April 8, 1998, for case #89-20162, Broward County, Florida.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 938 So. 2d 546 - Yisrael v. State