Binaird v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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1 district · 3 state decisions

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1. “On September 25, 2007, William Pearson visited the home of Shawanda Jones, [petitioner’s] ex-girlfriend. While in the upstairs bathroom, Pearson heard a commotion downstairs and then heard Jones running up the stairs saying “he’s got a knife or something.” Pearson opened the bathroom door and [petitioner] charged him with a knife. Pearson struggled with [petitioner] and attempted to disarm him. According to Pearson, during that struggle, [petitioner] stabbed him twice, once in the arm and once in the back, and bit Pearson on the arm. Pearson eventually disarmed [petitioner] and held [petitioner] in the bathtub until police arrived.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Binaird v. Pierce

2. “did not need to say the specific statutory words `substantial pain' ... for the jury to make that inference.”

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