980 So. 2d 473 - Carter v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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15 state decisions

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1. “Carter and Elizabeth Reed dated on and off for approximately four years, during which time Carter periodically lived with Reed and her .four children. During the course of their relationship, Carter helped Reed purchase a house on Barkwood Drive in Jacksonville and assisted her financially when she fell behind on her mortgage payments. At one point in early 2002, Carter proposed marriage, and Reed accepted. However, the engagement was soon called off and Carter moved out. Yet, according to Carter, he and Reed continued to date- and were intimate. 1 By the summer of 2002, Carter learned that Reed had been seeing Glenn Pafford, who managed the Publix Supermarket where she worked. Around this time, neighbors spotted Carter lurking suspiciously near Reed’s home and noticed his red Dodge pickup truck in the neighborhood. On Sunday, July 21, 2002, Reed visited Carter’s apartment, where he was staying with his mother and his brother. Carter testified that Reed gave him some of her prescription pills for depression, and the two made plans to meet on Tuesday night. When Reed did not show up, Carter drove by her house and saw Pafford’s truck in her driveway. From there, Carter drove home and spent several hours thinking about his relationship with Reed. He took three of the antidepressant pills Reed had given him and drank four to five glasses of whiskey. Around 11:30 p.m., Carter telephoned Reed. Her fourteen-year-old son Richard answered and told Carter that Reed was not home. In the”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 175 So. 3d 761 - Pinkney Carter v. State of Florida

2. “Hutchinson v. State, 882 So.2d 943, 958 (Fla.2004).”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 991 So. 2d 364 - Salazar v. State