Van Etten v. State

How courts have described this case

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

• Holding that \highly unprofessional\ invectives did not deprive a defendant of a fair trial
• following Cooey and holding that “admonitions to tell the truth directed at a suspect by police officers are not coercive in nature.”
• reference to victim's youth and inexperience relevant to issue of whether accused was the aggressor in capital murder prosecution
• reference to victim's youth and inexperience relevant to issue of whether accused was the aggressor in capital murder prosecution
• reference to the accused as an ‘ogre,’ a ‘man-eating monster,’ a ‘hideous brutish person,’ and an ‘animal’ were supported by the evidence
• remorse offset by offender’s attempts to avoid responsibility, including fleeing the state

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).