Poe v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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4 state decisions

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1. “[I]t was based on the declarant’s own knowledge of the facts; it was reduced to writing by Trooper Gawrych; it was adopted by Ms. Poe when she admitted at trial to making the statement; and Ms. Poe was subject to cross-examination at the trial where the prior inconsistent statement was introduced. Consequently, we hold that the circuit court did not err in instructing the jury that it could consider Ms. Poe’s prior inconsistent statement to Trooper Gawrych as substantive evidence of [her husbandj’s guilt.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
   e.g. State v. Eastman

2. “"If I intend to kill ... Karen in this case, and my mark's not good, or bullet goes through, and I kill somebody else, and they die instead of Karen, that's still first degree murder on the second one because the law does not protect a person who has a bad aim or is unfortunate enough to have the bullet go through the first. That is called transferred intent. The intent follows the bullet."”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Poe v. State

3. “`was holding the gun in the air and the gun went off.'”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Poe v. State