152 Md. App. 255 - Bernadyn v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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7 state decisions

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1. “Appellant contends that the question regarding weight to be given to the testimony of a criminal defendant is similar to mandatory inquiries regarding the weight to be given to the testimony of police officers. Essentially, the question seeks to determine whether jurors would have a bias against appellant merely because he was accused of a crime and therefore give his testimony less weight than the testimony of other witnesses such as police officers. We first note that the court questioned the venire regarding biases in favor of or against the testimony of police officers. The issue was adequately addressed by the court. Second, the court asked the venire whether members would “tend to view the witnesses called by the defense with more or less skepticism than witnesses called by the State[.]” The question is a broader version of that requested by appellant. The actual question posed to the venire would reveal not only bias towards appellant’s testimony but also towards those witnesses testifying on appellant’s behalf. Consequently, we find that the questions given by the court were sufficient to meet the mandatory requirements.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 164 Md. App. 95 - Marquardt v. State · 157 Md. App. 600 - Baker v. State

2. ““So I guess defense counsel and the defendant would have you believe that Johns Hopkins randomly picked an address of 2024 and just happened to send it there, and that’s where the defendant lived. It doesn’t happen, because you also— look, this is a bill, is what it is, and I am sure that any institution is going to make sure [that] they have the right address when they want to get paid.””

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

3. “[f]rom the sender's conduct in writing or affixing the name and address and mailing the material so addressed ... it may be inferred that the sender believes the person named lives at that address.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 863 So. 2d 484 - Hernandez v. State