As a judge, if I were to decide whether or not to convict this defendant. I would need to identify a few factors. As a starting point,. Going back to the story of the background of this case On September 18th, 1985, Frank Patton, President of Castle Hills National Bank in San Antonio, TX, received a phone call from his wife, Rebecca Patton. An anonymous voice instructed him to gather cash and go to North Mall to pay telephones. After a 45-minute wait, Frank Patton was instructed to return to the bank. Police officers found his wife dead with a gunshot wound to the head. The investigation revealed 722 casings, at least one foreign hair, and several unknown fingerprints laid out throughout the house. Stefan's involvement On September 23rd, 1985,
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These items were later determined to be the murder weapon. Hurst implicated his roommate Rogers and a man named Leslie Gauss in the failed excursion plot. In the murder of Miss Patterson, he was originally going to be in the plan with the rest of these men, according to Hurst's statement. Rogers told him of a plan to obtain a ransom. money, but that the plan had gone sour and that Skipper Gosch emptied a clip into her. Rogers told Hurst that Skipper went to the house with a big flower box with a gun inside it. He rang the doorbell. She opened the door, and he forced his way in. Now, stepping aside in the background, the aggravating factors would be 1 premeditation. The murder appears to have been planned, as Rebecca Patton was instructed to gather cash before her death, and Steven Hurst openly admitted that he was going to be part of the crime, but he backed out. Before it went through, he also used a firearm. The firearm was the Ruger 22 caliber. That's an aggravating factor. Multiple shots fired, the presence of the 7-22 caliber Which case suggests multiple shots were released, indicating a deliberate act.Now the migrating factors He had disabilities; he lost one eye and had poor eyesight, making him legally
These items were later determined to be the murder weapon. Hurst implicated his roommate Rogers and a man named Leslie Gauss in the failed excursion plot. In the murder of Miss Patterson, he was originally going to be in the plan with the rest of these men, according to Hurst's statement. Rogers told him of a plan to obtain a ransom. money, but that the plan had gone sour and that Skipper Gosch emptied a clip into her. Rogers told Hurst that Skipper went to the house with a big flower box with a gun inside it. He rang the doorbell. She opened the door, and he forced his way in. Now, stepping aside in the background, the aggravating factors would be 1 premeditation. The murder appears to have been planned, as Rebecca Patton was instructed to gather cash before her death, and Steven Hurst openly admitted that he was going to be part of the crime, but he backed out. Before it went through, he also used a firearm. The firearm was the Ruger 22 caliber. That's an aggravating factor. Multiple shots fired, the presence of the 7-22 caliber Which case suggests multiple shots were released, indicating a deliberate act.Now the migrating factors He had disabilities; he lost one eye and had poor eyesight, making him legally