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Fuente: Caselaw Access Project, Harvard Law School Library Innovation Lab (static.case.law); Court of Appeal of the State of California; 161 Cal. App. 4th 823. Datos: https://static.case.law/cal-app-4th/161/cases/0823-01.json. Opinión judicial de EE.UU. sin restricciones conocidas de uso: CAP levantó las restricciones el 2024-03-01 (prensa); el espejo HF free-law declara cc0-1.0; NO c… Abrir la fuente
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People v. Szadziewicz, 161 Cal. App. 4th 823 (Court of Appeal of the State of California, 2008) Her argument compared Szadziewicz’s behavior and his own proffered defense with the way most people behave. Fifth, the trial court did not violate the confrontation clause by preventing inquiry into the circumstances surrounding a witness’s prior conviction. Sixth and finally, Szadziewicz’s concurrent life sentences are not unconstitutionally disproportionate to his very serious offenses of aggravated mayhem and willful, deliberate, and premeditated attempted murder. FACTUAL BACKGROUND AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY On January 12, 2005, Mark Rossmeisl was asleep in his room on the eighth floor of the Frontier Hotel in downtown Los Angeles. The lock on his door was broken; he had put a gallon of water against the door to keep it closed. Sometime between 8:00 and 8:30 a.m., Rossmeisl woke up to see appellant Henry Szadziewicz crouching and approaching his bed. Rossmeisl did not know who Szadziewicz was. The next moment, Rossmeisl found a knife in his face. Szadziewicz put one hand on Rossmeisl’s chest. With the other hand, he began to slice Rossmeisl’s face with the knife. Szadziewicz slashed Rossmeisl twice while he was lying on his back on the bed with Szadziewicz right on top of him. He sliced Rossmeisl’s face from the temple toward the nose, then back toward the ear. Next, Szadziewicz sliced from above Rossmeisl’s eyebrow down through his nostril, splitting his nose wide open. Rossmeisl…
Fuente: Caselaw Access Project, Harvard Law School Library Innovation Lab (static.case.law); Court of Appeal of the State of California; 161 Cal. App. 4th 823. Datos: https://static.case.law/cal-app-4th/161/cases/0823-01.json. Opinión judicial de EE.UU. sin restricciones conocidas de uso: CAP levantó las restricciones el 2024-03-01 (prensa); el espejo HF free-law declara cc0-1.0; NO c… Abrir la fuente
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People v. Szadziewicz, 161 Cal. App. 4th 823 (Court of Appeal of the State of California, 2008) Her argument compared Szadziewicz’s behavior and his own proffered defense with the way most people behave. Fifth, the trial court did not violate the confrontation clause by preventing inquiry into the circumstances surrounding a witness’s prior conviction. Sixth and finally, Szadziewicz’s concurrent life sentences are not unconstitutionally disproportionate to his very serious offenses of aggravated mayhem and willful, deliberate, and premeditated attempted murder. FACTUAL BACKGROUND AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY On January 12, 2005, Mark Rossmeisl was asleep in his room on the eighth floor of the Frontier Hotel in downtown Los Angeles. The lock on his door was broken; he had put a gallon of water against the door to keep it closed. Sometime between 8:00 and 8:30 a.m., Rossmeisl woke up to see appellant Henry Szadziewicz crouching and approaching his bed. Rossmeisl did not know who Szadziewicz was. The next moment, Rossmeisl found a knife in his face. Szadziewicz put one hand on Rossmeisl’s chest. With the other hand, he began to slice Rossmeisl’s face with the knife. Szadziewicz slashed Rossmeisl twice while he was lying on his back on the bed with Szadziewicz right on top of him. He sliced Rossmeisl’s face from the temple toward the nose, then back toward the ear. Next, Szadziewicz sliced from above Rossmeisl’s eyebrow down through his nostril, splitting his nose wide open. Rossmeisl…