150 F. Supp. 2d 1194 - Mitchell v. Ward’s Empirical Analysis

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5 state decisions

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1. “as to whether any DNA sample may have matched Mitchell's DNA. But the FBI chemist testified in the federal habeas corpus hearing that Mitchell's DNA was not found in the FBI testing and that was the import of his report to Gilchrist. Gilchrist admitted in the federal court hearing that the DNA evidence did, indeed, exclude Mitchell. It was as a result of these revelations that Judge Thompson concluded that Gilchrist's trial testimony, to the effect that the DNA results were”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Gilchrist v. OKL. EMPLOYMENT SEC. COM'N

2. “The jury did not receive a truthful representation of the evidence on the rape and sodomy charges due to constitutional violations by the State. It is therefore this Court's opinion that the Winship standard could not be met if the jury had been given an accurate picture of the facts.”) (after noting that In re Winship, 397 U.S. 358 , 90 S.Ct. 1068 , 25 L.Ed.2d 368 (1970), requires that crimes be proven”

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

3. “Mitchell's argument must finally fail because he cites no instances of coercion, relying only on a picture of a pitifully confused defendant. Even were this description correct, any confession is voluntary absent coercion. Mitchell's worst accusation here appears to be continued interrogation. This simply is not coercion and cannot be used to support this claim.”

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