State v. Fallentine’s Empirical Analysis

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2 state decisions

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1. “[26] ¶ 22 At the conclusion of the hearing, the court ruled the State had not presented sufficient evidence to satisfy the forfeiture by wrongdoing doctrine. But the State asked to recall Fourre to testify more specifically on this issue, and the court agreed. ¶ 23 Fourre stated she had visited Clark in jail after the earlier hearing. She asked him why he would not testify against Fallentine, and Clark told her,”

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

2. “on Fallentine. [24] ¶ 21 The State eventually concluded that Clark would not willingly testify against Fallentine and moved to admit his statements to O'Toole under the forfeiture by wrongdoing doctrine. A further hearing commenced. Clark was asked why he refused to testify. He denied that he was frightened, saying that Fallentine is”

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

3. “constituted an impermissible judicial comment on the evidence in violation of article IV, section 16 of the Washington Constitution, because the reasonable inference for the jury to draw was that the court believed Fallentine was the principal and Clark acted at Fallentine's direction. The phrase”

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