Taylor v. State

As to the first part of Division 1, the cases cited do not seem to support all of the propositions advanced. It is important because these propositions form the underpinnings of the court’s conclusion with respect to what must be proved to constitute aggravated battery by rendering a member of a person’s body useless. It is also important *819because the majority concludes that reduced use (“real blurry vision,” in the victim’s words, and inability to read) constitutes the eye’s having been rendered “useless.” Since the court points to no cases which hold this more expansive and elastic meaning…