Name and Citation: Mary Sanders Lee, Individual and as the Conservator for the Estate of Kerry Sander; Kerry Sanders, Plaintiffs-Appellants, V. City of Los Angeles; A. Haddock, Officer, #25553; McCallester, Detective, #233680; Holmstorm, Detective, #320622; New York Department of Correctional Services, Defendants-Appellees Fact: Kerry Sander who has a history of mental illness who was mistakenly identified as Robert Sander. Robert Sander who committed a crime in New York State. One of Three LAPD Officers arrested Kerry Sander mistaken his identify him as Robert Sander. The officers sent Kerry to New York where Kerry remain incarcerated until 1995. Robert Sander was later arrested by Drug Enforcement Agent.
Introduction When reading this article I already had things running through my head. There were certain key information in which stood out for me. Two men broke into an older couple’s home, and duct taped them. They set stole a few items, and tried to set the house on fire.
Background The petitioner, Robert Leroy McCoy was arrested in May 2008 in Bossier Parish, Louisiana for three counts of first degree murder. There was an overwhelming amount of evidence pointing to McCoy committing the crime, but throughout the trial, McCoy maintained that he was innocent and gave multiple alibis. However, a person matching McCoy’s description was seen in a Kia fleeing the scene after the murder, and there were bullets matching the gun used in the crime were found in said car. Also, before the crime, one of the victims, Christine Colston Young, was heard in a 911 call just before the murder saying, “She {McCoy’s estranged wife, Yolanda Colston} ain’t here, Robert… I don’t know where she is. The detectives have her.
n February of 1982 in Brooklyn, New York a woman was attacked by two men who were wearing masks. She was tied up, robbed, beaten and set on fire. She had survived the attack, but sustained multiple injuries, including injuries to her eyes. The victim believed her neighbor, Calvin Boyette, was one of the men who had assaulted her. She even pointed him out in a photo lineup.
In addition to the harrowing case of Ronald Cotton, the reliability of an eyewitness testimony was recently challenged with the incorrect conviction of Kash Register. While sitting in his parked Chevrolet in 1979, an elderly man named Jack Sasson was viciously robbed of his life when he was shot five times at close proximity (Bazelon). Brenda Anderson, a nineteen year old who occupied an apartment on the same street, informed police that she heard the rowdy sound of gunfire, and when she peered out her window, noticed an African-American man stumbling away from the scene, before turning back and firing further rounds (Bazelon). When Anderson was shown photographs of several young men, she quickly recognized Register, who was a previous classmate
On July 20, 1958, an elderly couple in Christian County, Kentucky were beaten to death in their home by intruders with a tire iron. Two suspects, Silas Manning and Willie Barker were arrested shortly after the murders and indicted by the grand jury on September 15, 1958. The prosecution believed the case against Manning was stronger; therefore, chose to try Manning first in hopes that once convicted, he would testify against Barker. Manning, of course, was not willing to incriminate himself. At the start of of Manning’s trial on October 23, 1958, the prosecution requested and obtained the first of what would amount to be 16 continuances in Barker’s trial.
“Black Dahlia murder solved? Shocking new details about aspiring actress Elizabeth Short’s life and gruesome death.” Foxnews, 21 December 2107, http://www. foxnews.com/entertainment/2017/12/21/black-dahlia-murder-solved-shocking-new-details-about-aspiring-actress-elizabeth-shorts-life-and-gruesome-death.html. Accessed 17 February 2018. “Patrick S. O’Reilly.”
How do police decide how much force should be used in a situation and how has that changed throughout the year? Has Tennessee v. Garner been effective in protecting individuals against excessive force? Before the case Tennessee v Garner in 1985, how to police decided if they should use deadly force determined by one of four groups; these four groups were The Any-felon Rule; The defense-of-life Rule; The Forcible Felony Rule, and The Model Penal Code. The extreme one was the Any-Felony Rule which was “English common law authorized officers to use any means necessary to arrest felony suspects or prevent them from fleeing. In the United States, courts interpreted this rule as legal permission to shoot an unarmed felony suspect in flight” (Tennenbaum)
In Missouri of 1993, Christopher Simmons at the age of 17, along with two of his friends devised a plan to murder Shirley Crook. The night of, one of the boys opted out of the plan. Despite being down a person, Christopher Simmons and his remaining friend pursued the execution of their plan to break in and murder the woman. They restrained her in duct tape, drove to a nearby bridge, and threw her into the river below. Simmons would eventually confess to law enforcement of his actions even going as far as submitting a videotaped reenactment of the murder he committed.
In 1993, Christopher Simmons, at the young age of 17 committed murder by throwing a woman off a bridge. This incident took place in Missouri, Simmons along with two other individuals decided to make a plan to commit burglary and murder. Christopher Simmons along with two younger friends, John Tessmer, and Charles Benjamin come up with the idea and constructed a plan to break into Shirley Crook’s residents and murder her. However, before the plan could be carried out John Tessner backed out on Simmons and Benjamin. The original plan to be carried out consisted of breaking into Crook’s residents, tying her up, before leaving with her and tossing her off a bridge.
Police were called to a Gas station where a man had been shot and upon arrival the man was found to be shot and was able to tell officers that he had been shot by Bryant at bryants house and that he made it to the gas station. The victim saw Mr. Bryant as a constant threat so he left the area but did not tell the police if the problem was only with him. The victim died shortly after which left a lot of unanswered questions. ("Law school case brief Michigan V Bryant", 2013). In 2010 in Michigan Richard Bryant was found guilty of murder in the second degree and was a felon who was in control of a firearm which had been used while a felony was committed.
In the social world, the assassination was a bombshell. It eroded the trust of the American people in each other and melded emotions and politics, igniting a series of politically motivated assassinations of famous individuals like the infamous Lee Harvey Oswald, Malcolm X, Martin Luther King Jr., Robert F. Kennedy and Alberta Williams King (MLK Jr.’s mother). “The transformation of a murder by a marginal man into a killing by a sick culture began instantly -- before Kennedy was buried.” (James Reston) This sick culture that Reston talked about is the one that murdered infamous Lee Harvey Oswald, Malcolm X, Martin Luther King Jr., Robert F. Kennedy and Alberta Williams King.
In September 1993 Christopher Simmons who was at the time seventeen years old, discussed his wish to burglarize and murder someone. Simmons had even described the manner in which he would kill, he would throw someone from a bridge. Simmons also believed that if arrested he would get away with it because he was a juvenile. On September 8th, 1993 after meeting a friend’s house, Simmons and his friend Charlie Benjamin broke into Shirley Crook’s house. They entered through an open window in the back.
In the early 1990’s the U.S. Supreme Court case Roper v. Simmons took place and at the same time cases that were similar were also being heard. This case involved the defendant Christopher Simmons, who commited the crime, and Donald P. Roper, the plaintiff, who was the superintendent of Potosi Correctional Center and was representing the state of Missouri. The case would never have happened if it wasn't for the actions of 17-year old Christopher Simmons of Missouri in 1993. Simmons and a couple of his friends concocted a plan to murder Shirley Crook for reasons unknown. Only Simmons and one of his two friends commited it burglarizing Crook’s residence, binding her up and then driving to a state park and throwing her full of life body off
The incident occurred in a residential street in Licey, low-income neighborhood where gang activity is prevalent. This Thursday morning, several police cars occupied the street and the coroner was in place. Relatives of the dead wept and embraced. Stephanie Rodriguez, 23, had overcome some problems
