Re: [pyrnet] Verdict in the Diane Whipple mauling case?

["Carrie Coffman" <carriecoffman@erols.com>]

I don't think you can get convicted of both.  Once the jury came back with
their first guilty on the manslaughter count the Judge should have dismissed
the murder or vice versa.  Here's a good link that helps to try and explain
it.
http://www.law.com/cgi-bin/gx.cgi/AppLogic+FTContentServer?pagename=law/View
&c=Article&cid=ZZZYDK5F3ZC&live=true&cst=1&pc=0&pa=0&s=News&ExpIgnore=true&s
howsummary=0


----- Original Message -----
From: "darrell goolsbee" <dgoolsbee@ev1.net>
To: <pyrnet-l@pyrnet.org>
Sent: Friday, March 22, 2002 3:22 PM
Subject: Re: [pyrnet] Verdict in the Diane Whipple mauling case?


> OK, California folks. I need an explanation on this one.
>
> Attorneys interviewed in the media here in TX were absolutely baffled by
> the CA jury's verdict in the Whipple mauling case. The problem: How can
> you convict someone both of murder and manslaughter in the same
> incident? It should be one or the other. The view was there would be no
> way the seemingly conflicted verdict against the woman would be upheld
> under TX law, but of course, CA may well be different.
>
>
> Darrell Goolsbee
> Fort Worth, TX
>
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