Black v. Life Unlimited, Inc.

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• holding that “shooting at a particular person, or a group of people, demonstrates a specific intent to kill”
• holding that defendant’s belief that “‘something was about to go down’ . . . did not justify [defendant’s] attempt to use deadly force, in the presence of innocent bystanders, before [the victim] took any action likely to cause death or great bodily harm”
• determining that there was no clear error in finding premeditation when the shooter saw the victim, turned his body, and pulled out a gun before firing
• premeditation and malice aforethought required for attempted first-degree murder
• “That T.R. in fact had a gun in his sweatshirt pocket and no doubt entered the Brady Mart up to no good did not justify Greer’s attempt to use deadly force, in the presence of innocent bystanders, before T.R. took any action likely to cause death or great bodily harm.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).