Jones v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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2 federal appellate · 42 state decisions

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1. “[I]n contrast to Elstad where the initial unwarned statement took place at the defendant’s home and the warned statement was given after transporting the defendant to the police station, the unwarned and warned statements in this case were given during a nearly undifferentiated single event, taking place in the same room as an uninterrupted and continuous process. The written Akin statement was literally a transcription of appellant’s unwarned oral statements. Appellant did not make a second statement after he finally received his Miranda warnings; he simply signed the written statement that he had dictated to Akin before he was warned. To apply Elstad here and declare the Akin statement admissible by virtue of the late admonishment of the required warnings would undermine the spirit and intent of Miranda .”

   4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Carl Allen Carter v. State · Martinez v. State

2. “[w]ould not conclude, beyond a reasonable doubt, that the constitutional violation in admitting [Jones's] confessions to two additional murders at the punishment stage did not contribute to the jury's verdict for capital punishment,”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Jones v. Davis · Jones v. Davis

3. “calculate, as nearly as possible, the probable impact of the error on the jury in light of the other evidence.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Martinez v. State · Long v. State