111 Conn. App. 730 - State v. Collins’s Empirical Analysis

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16 state decisions

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1. “The defendant turned himself in to the Bridgeport police in January, 2003, for the Rose shooting. During the course of the police questioning, the defendant admitted to shooting Rose [with a chrome and black nine millimeter handgun] but also indicated that he had since sold the gun. [5] ... While in police custody for the Rose shooting, the defendant was also questioned with regard to the Hopkins homicide. In his statement to police, the defendant admitted meeting with Hopkins in his car to purchase drugs during the night of December 2, 2002, but denied killing him.”

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

2. “[t]he defendant's first trial resulted in a hung jury and a mistrial. Similarly, in the trial that resulted in [his conviction] ... the jury twice indicated that it was deadlocked.... There was no eyewitness to the crime, and the only tangible evidence linking the defendant to the crime was the shell casing and a fingerprint. Given the overall strength of the state's case, we cannot say that we have a fair assurance that the error did not substantially affect the verdict.”

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

3. “that the probative value of evidence that he had shot and injured Rose did not overcome the risk of prejudice to his defense, even with the limiting instruction given by the court. He further assert[ed] that although it may have been probative that he once owned a gun that produced shell casings that match the one found on Hopkins' collar, the fact that he shot Rose with that gun was irrelevant to proving anything for which such evidence would be admissible.”

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