Powers v. Commonwealth’s Empirical Analysis

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4 federal appellate · 51 state decisions

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1. ““From this statute, and the decisions quoted from, the law may be gathered to be, if a litigant files, his affidavit, stating that the judge will not give him. a fair and impartial trial, and states therein the basis, of such belief, and if the facts so stated are such ‘ as would prevent an official of personal integrity from presiding in the ease or as would prevent him from, affording a fair and impartial trial,’ then the truth of the statement of the facts as set out in the affidavit, must be assumed for it cannot be traversed or tried. ’ ’”

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

2. ““By express declaration of law the judge can not controvert the statements of the affidavit. In argument, counsel for appellee assert that the affidavit, is untrue. In the Turner case and in Vance v. Field and in Givens v. Crawshaw, cited, the trial judge in-each instance controverted of record the truthfulness of the affidavits. But in each instance, also,, their sufficiency was tested by their own averments,, and without regard to the judge’s traverse.””

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

3. ““The word ‘furtherance’ as applied to the act of one accomplice in the furtherance of a criminal project has a well defined and generally accepted meaning. It is the act of furthering, or helping forward or promotion, or advancement.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Myers v. United States