107 So. 3d 328 - Jackson v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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14 state decisions

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1. “The great majority of the detectives’ recorded statements are repeated expressions of ardent belief as to Jackson’s guilt ... [and] several of the detectives’ questions were intended to resolve how and why Jackson killed [the victim] and not whether Jackson was the correct suspect.... The jury was likely inclined to attach particular significance to the detectives’ many statements of Jackson’s guilt and ignore Jackson’s denials.... Additionally, the detectives’ adamant belief in Jackson’s guilt could have augmented the value of the State’s circumstantial evidence, validated the credibility of State witnesses, and damaged Jackson’s credibility before he was afforded the opportunity to testify or present his case. Any chance the jury would have reasonable doubt regarding Jackson’s guilt would have been obviated by quickly recalling the detectives’ adamant belief in Jackson’s guilt.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 162 So. 3d 305 - Louidor v. State

2. “[T]he harmless error test is not a 'sufficiency of the evidence' test or an 'overwhelming evidence' test because the relative strength of the permissible evidence does not negate the fact that the impermissible evidence may have played a substantial part in the jury's deliberation.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Howitt v. State