Posted on 02/16/2017 12:43:45 PM PST by nickcarraway
Deyanira Cuiriz was celebrating her birthday in August 2012 when two men beat her father. As they drove away, she fired a gun into their truck, striking one of the men in the spine and paralyzing him.
A state appeals court has ruled that the mandatory life sentence handed down to a Bay Area woman who shot and gravely wounded a man who had just beaten her father is unconstitutional.
The San Francisco Chronicle reports that Deyanira Cuiriz had been sentenced to 27 years to life in prison for attempted voluntary manslaughter, mayhem and shooting at an occupied vehicle
Is it too soon for President Trump to pardon her?
That is a long sentence for the charge. They don’t want people defending themselves.
It’s not a federal case so Pres. Trump has no say.
She should be sentenced to several weeks at a gun range so she can blow the sobs head off next time. Case dismissed.
Probably true, but in this case, the culprit was leaving.
Id give her time served and shes out.
Not in California they don’t.
As they drove away, she fired a gun into their truck
And there's the problem.....they were driving away. The threat was over.
Here, in The Peoples Republic of CT.if someone attacks you, then flees......if you grab a gun and give chase, in the eyes of the law you are now the threat.
Why were they beating her father? Let’s say the father tried to rob the two men. On the other hand let’s say the two men were trying to rob her father.
I guess legally it doesn’t make any difference in her case as you can’t shoot a fleeing suspect in CA.
guts of the original story here...
this one is a corker and sad...
I noticed this:
When Barcenas, whose friend threw the punch, appeared to reach toward the car’s center console, Cuiriz shot him in the cheek, Zambrana said. The bullet struck his spine and left him paralyzed from the neck down.
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So it seems she thought the guy was reaching for a gun. I don’t know anything about the law, but her reaction sounds like self-defense.
jurors had remorse....I wonder what kind of instructions they were given.
The interesting thing is, she could have gotten a plea deal that got here out when she was 26.
I know, but under the circumstances she pro ably wasn’t thinking clearly. I guess I’ve seen lesser sentences given for murder with malicious motives.
here = her
sheesh.
The interesting thing is, she could have gotten a plea deal that got here out when she was 26.
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Perhaps she and her legal counsel were convinced that they had a solid case of self-defense....
Unless you're a cop. Then it's okay.
<1>Tennessee v. Edward Garner, et al.
that’s the way it looks....that’s why I wondered if the jurors had no leeway based on judge’s instructions, considering the jurors comments.
They were fleeing in a vehicle. In the cities in California you cannot fire a weapon....for any reason....
Trevor White, and Matt Caron.
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