971 So. 2d 416 - State v. Lopez’s Empirical Analysis

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2 state decisions

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1. “In the present case, Ms. Ndang testified that her house had been gutted as result of damage from Hurricane Katrina. She stated that she would tie the front door closed because the door could not be locked in the normal manner due to damage from the hurricane ... Both defendants attempted to flee when they saw the police officers. Defendants admitted that they were in the house. They both stated that they entered the house after waiting for their boss to return. Additionally, Ms. Ndang and Officer McGhee testified that the upstairs was ransacked and items were displaced. Ms. Ndang testified that two items which had been upstairs, her coin purse and a bottle of perfume, were found downstairs. Such testimony was sufficient to prove that the defendants entered Ms. Ndang’s home which lacked normal security due to Hurricane Katrina and exerted control over and removal of Ms. Ndang’s property. The State met its burden of proving that the defendants were guilty of looting. [Emphasis added.]”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 987 So. 2d 869 - State v. Collier