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Criminal Law keyed to Dripps
Miller v. Alabama
Citation:
567 U.S. 460, 132 S.Ct. 2455, 183 L.Ed. 2d 407.Facts
In 2004, Evan Miller and his friend, Colby Smith, were at Miller’s home when a neighbor, Cole Cannon, came to make a drug deal with Miller’s mother. Miller and Smith then went back to Cannon’s trailer to smoke marijuana and play drinking games. Cannon eventually passed out and Miller stole his wallet, splitting the $300 he found with Smith. When Miller tried to put Cannon’s wallet back in his pocket, Cannon awoke and grabbed Miller by the throat. Smith hit Cannon with a baseball bat. After Cannon released Miller, Miller took the bat from Smith and struck Cannon repeatedly. Miller then placed a sheet over Cannon’s head and hit him one more time. Miller and Smith left Cannon’s house, but later returned to cover up evidence of the crime by lighting two fires. Cannon died from his injuries and smoke inhalation.
In November 1999, Kuntrell Jackson, Derrick Shields, and another boy decided to rob a video store. En route, Jackson learned that Shields was carrying a sawed-off shotgun in his coat sleeve. Jackson decided to stay outside. Shields and the other boy went inside and confronted the clerk, Laurie Troup, and demanded she give them money. Troup refused. Jackson then entered the store to find Shields continuing to demand money. Troup threatened to call the police and Shields shot and killed her. The three boys fled.
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