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POls 331 Cases
Midterm
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Political Studies
Undergraduate 4
02/27/2014

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State of Florida v George Zimmerman
Definition
april 2012, charged with 2nd degree murder/manslaughter
evidence of trayvon's background cannot be used
stand your ground law, legal right to use deadly force in self defense
zimmerman didn't want to testify
prosecutor makes case about trigger happy neighborhood watchman
jury was all women
beyond reasonable doubt likely for the not guilty verdict
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Snyder v. Phelps
Definition
Westboro Baptist Church protests military funerals, prosecutors have trouble winning cases due to beyond a reasonable doubt
william snyder's funeral "god hates fag, you're going to hell"
Supreme Court overturned decision, if it wasn't a political group it could be assault
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state v stone
Definition
married couple has fannie come visit, she has autoimmune disease, she got sick and died while staying there, they were taken to court and convicted of manslaughter, court said that the stores had a duty to take her to the hospital, and failure to perform that duty caused her death. low IQ doesn't qualify for mental handicap, guilty by omission
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people v strong
Definition
NY state case, strong was a religious leader who preached mind over matter, "knife plunging ceremony" person died, he
• Court of appeals said no
• NY supreme court took case
• Court looked to Mens Rea
• Manslaughter: risk is reckless and failed to act humane
• Criminal negligence: negligently fails to proceed the risk
• Based on evidence that victim and leader thought it was going to be alright and prior success of previous act… Court ruled that jury could have given him a lower charge
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3. State of Florida v. Marissa Alexander
Definition
• Marissa Alexander sentenced to 20 years in prison for firing warning shot
• 31 year-old mother of twins
• Feared for her life during an altercation with husband, went to her car and got her gun, fired shot inside house
• Husband testified she tried to shoot him
• She claims Florida “Stand your ground” defense
• Judge denied because they ruled the threat was no imminent
• Stand your ground law says you don’t have to retreat
• Charges: Assault with a deadly weapon
• Found guilty, denied self-defense
• Didn’t meet burden of proof –imminence and proportional threat of harm
• Sentenced to 20 years : Assault w/ deadly weapon
• Judge gave her 20 years because of minimum sentencing
• On appeal, new trial
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Jeffrey Dahmer
Definition
- Had a surgery that affected brain
- Had a baby brother. Parents divorced
- Compulsions to kill people
- Picked up Steven Hickes
- Killed him, had sex with him
- Took 8 years to kill again
- Toomey was victim
- Developed a pattern of murder, promises of money and sex
- Dismembered them, often took pictures
- Grandmother claims unaware –happened in her basement
- Killed 12 other people
- Targeted poor/homeless people that wouldn’t be necessarily missed
- Tracy Edwards was victim
- Got away, was handcuffed
- Took police to Dahmers house
- Dahmer charged with murder
- Dahmer confessed, pleaded not guilty
- Changed to guilty by insanity
- Would have to show a mental disease or defect
- Said he knew what he was doing
- Jury found him not insane
- Sentenced to 15 consecutive life terms
- Model prisoner
- Was killed by another prisoner
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People v Rakicki
Definition
DONT LET THAT FUCKING FAGGOT MAKE MY PIZZA
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Lawrence v Texas
Definition
sodomy, reversed and struck down
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Kennedy v Louisiana
Definition
capital punishment cannot be used for child rape
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People v Decina
Definition
epileptic driver killed people, affirmed coz they had recent attacks and should not have been driving
Term
King v Cogdon
Definition
woman killed her daughter, she had a history of sleep walking, etc. dreamed about soldiers attacking her daughter. reversed, act wasn't voluntary
Term
U.S. v Haynes
Definition
prisoner poured oil on a prison bully, deforming him for life, preemptive defense or was the threat "imminent"?
pre-emption is never justified (except by battered women?), affirmed
Term
State v. O'Dell
Definition
Easter Dinner shooting, shot his father. suffered from schizophrenia, but not at that moment, affirmed
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Oliver v. State
Definition
decoy cop with $10 bill hanging out of his pocket pretending to be passed out, entrapment, reversed
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