Horne v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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2 state decisions

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1. “places the burden on the state, as the beneficiary of the error, to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that the error complained of did not contribute to the verdict or, alternatively stated, that there is no reasonable possibility that the error contributed to the conviction. Application of the test requires an examination of the entire record by the appellate court including a close examination of the permissible evidence on which the jury could have legitimately relied, and in addition an even closer examination of the impermissible evidence which might have possibly influenced the jury verdict.”

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

2. “); see also Cooper v. State , 43 So.3d 42 , 43 (Fla. 2010) (explaining that the harmless error test”

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