State v. Maddox

46 Citing cases

  1. State v. Meade

    2021 KA 1490 (La. Ct. App. Sep. 16, 2022)

    Id.See alsoState v. Triggs, 44,178 (La.App. 2nd Cir. 7/1/09), 16 So.3d 482, 491-92; State v. Quinn, 526 So.2d 322, 323-24 (La.App. 4th Cir. 1988), writ denied, 538 So.2d 586 (La. 1989); State v. Maddox, 522 So.2d 579, 582 (La.App. 1st Cir. 1988). There was nothing in the hours leading up to the defendant's shooting and killing Jeremy to suggest that either Laura or Jeremy did anything to provoke the defendant.

  2. Richardson v. Vannoy

    Civil Action 19-634-SDD-SDJ (M.D. La. Aug. 19, 2022)   Cited 1 times

    The existence of “sudden passion” and “heat of blood” are not elements of the offense but, rather, are factors in the nature of mitigating circumstances that may reduce the grade of homicide. State v. Maddox, 522 So.2d 579, 582 (La.App. 1st Cir.1988). Manslaughter requires the presence of specific intent to kill or inflict great bodily harm.

  3. State v. Crehan

    2018 KA 0746 (La. Ct. App. Nov. 5, 2018)   Cited 2 times

    The existence of "sudden passion" and "heat of blood" are not elements of the offense but, rather, are factors in the nature of mitigating circumstances that may reduce the grade of homicide. State v. Maddox, 522 So.2d 579, 582 (La. App. 1 Cir. 1988). Manslaughter requires the presence of specific intent to kill or inflict great bodily harm.

  4. State v. Rawson

    NO. 2017 KA 0430 (La. Ct. App. Sep. 15, 2017)

    The existence of "sudden passion" and "heat of blood" are not elements of the offense but, rather, are factors in the nature of mitigating circumstances that may reduce the grade of homicide. State v. Maddox, 522 So.2d 579, 582 (La. App. 1st Cir. 1988). Further, manslaughter requires the presence of specific intent to kill or inflict great bodily harm.

  5. State v. Verdin

    2016 KA 0439 (La. Ct. App. Oct. 31, 2016)

    The existence of "sudden passion" and "heat of blood" are not elements of the offense but, rather, are factors in the nature of mitigating circumstances that may reduce the grade of homicide. State v. Maddox, 522 So.2d 579, 582 (La. App. 1st Cir. 1988). Manslaughter requires the presence of specific intent to kill or inflict great bodily harm.

  6. State v. Pinestraw

    NUMBER 2016 KA 0553 (La. Ct. App. Oct. 31, 2016)

    The existence of "sudden passion" and "heat of blood" are not elements of the offense but, rather, are factors in the nature of mitigating circumstances that may reduce the grade of homicide. State v. Maddox, 522 So.2d 579, 582 (La. App. 1st Cir. 1988). Manslaughter requires the presence of specific intent to kill or inflict great bodily harm.

  7. State v. LaGarrigue

    2016 KA 0203 (La. Ct. App. Sep. 16, 2016)

    The existence of "sudden passion" and "heat of blood" are not elements of the offense but, rather, are factors in the nature of mitigating circumstances that may reduce the grade of homicide. State v. Maddox, 522 So.2d 579, 582 (La. App. 1st Cir. 1988). Manslaughter requires the presence of specific intent to kill or inflict great bodily harm. SeeState v. Hilburn, 512 So.2d 497, 504 (La. App. 1st Cir.), writ denied, 515 So.2d 444 (La. 1987).

  8. State v. Earl

    NUMBER 2015 KA 1383 (La. Ct. App. Jun. 6, 2016)

    Provocation shall not reduce a homicide to manslaughter if the factfinder finds that the offender's blood had actually cooled, or that an average person's blood would have cooled, at the time the offense was committed. See State v. Maddox, 522 So.2d 579, 582 (La. App. 1st Cir. 1988). This type of manslaughter was not applicable in this case because there was no evidence of provocation by Lyons or of the killing having been committed in sudden passion or heat of blood.

  9. State v. Hebert

    2015 KA 1455 (La. Ct. App. Apr. 7, 2016)

    The existence of "sudden passion" and "heat of blood" are not elements of the offense but, rather, are factors in the nature of mitigating circumstances that may reduce the grade of homicide. State v. Maddox, 522 So.2d 579, 582 (La. App. 1st Cir. 1988). Manslaughter requires the presence of specific intent to kill or inflict great bodily harm.

  10. State v. Richardson

    NUMBER 2015 KA 0746 (La. Ct. App. Nov. 9, 2015)

    The existence of "sudden passion" and "heat of blood" are not elements of the offense but, rather, are factors in the nature of mitigating circumstances that may reduce the grade of homicide. State v. Maddox, 522 So. 2d 579, 582 (La. App. 1st Cir. 1988). Manslaughter requires the presence of specific intent to kill or inflict great bodily harm.