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Depart from guidelines, depending on the particular facts. of a case. a downward durational departure is justified if a crime is less onerous than typical. put another way. if the conduct is significantly less serious than that typically involved in the commission of the crime, sentencing below the guidelines is justified. i find the facts and circumstances here justify a downward departure from the guidelines. first, officer potters conduct was significantly less serious than your typical mansl...

The misdemeanor predicate for the manslaughter count was reckless handling or use of a firearm. here, everybody agrees, and the evidence is undisputed that officer potter never intended to use her firearm. she mistakenly drew her firearm at all times intending to use her taser. there were police officers and experts who testified that the use of her taser was reasonable and appropriate under the circumstances presented for officer safety reasons. the fact she never intended to draw her firearm m...

Of four days, they were locked away, tucked away in those deliberations. one thing that we realized from the verdict form is that the jury came to the agreement on the second count fairly quickly. they came to that agreement on tuesday, but they were held up the next day and a half on that first degree manslaughter count that kim potter was convicted of. she faces up to 15 years in prison. shes waking up in the jail for a first full day this morning. but, again, you go back to the reaction that ...

Doesnt look like a demonstration. it looks more like the press trying to get toward the courthouse there. i wonder if theyre waiting for people to emerge from the courthouse potentially. >> that may be. everyone wants to find out the jurors what we want to know, whether they have been told anything specific here brand new from the judge now that hes released them an thanked them for their diligence. joy said, lets be clear here, a hung jury is a lack of an answer. but it is not neutral. it is no...

Complain while he was in the van. porter said that had he been injured, he would have called a medic. he lifted him off the floor and put him in the seat. he acted reasonably about what he knew about his condition at the time, and that he went beyond his normal duty to try and assist freddie gray. those are the defenses allegations. hes facing multiple counts raising from the manslaughter count, which would be knowing what he was doing could have resulted in death or serious bodily injury all th...

Life. if he is convicted, you are never getting out of jail. >> how do you mitigate it? >> reporter: heres what you can do, if you establish as a defense attorney it was based upon provocation, sudden passion the kwashlgs they were in a dispute, road rage, he couldnt control himself, he was angry. the law does not excuse that conduct, christy, but it goes to the mental state and it reduces a murder count to a manslaughter count because you are acting out of a heat of passion and a sudden quarrel...

The indictment. first of all -- having ill-will or hatred against somebody you thin tubing be a cremmal who is trying to break into your house and hurt somebody. most people arent going to have a big problem secondly with respect to the self defensor to. as long as he is acting in self defense. that stuff is not going to matter. that count is going to drop out. you are going to look at a manslaughter count. i dont think it will amount to too much. ill will, spite count. >> we shall see. thank yo...

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