State v. Hartzell’s Empirical Analysis

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1 state decisions

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1. “Ms. Dodge is available to the defense, Mr. Hartzell. Sarah Dodge was his girlfriend. Sarah Dodge could have been called by Mr. Hartzell. I have been attacked for not calling Sarah Dodge, but I can assure you, ladies and gentlemen, that the defense could have called her. As a matter of fact, it's, as you know, ladies and gentlemen, a defendant naturally and, thank God, has many rights under our system. They don't have to testify. They are presumed innocent until proven guilty, and during a trial such as this, they don't have to do anything. They don't have to put on a case. They don't have to put on any witnesses, but they can. Mr. Hartzell could have called these people he has named like Sarah Dodge and this Juan Copin. He did not, and you may consider the evidence and the lack of evidence, and you might consider why Mr. Hartzell did not offer Ms. Dodge or for that matter Juan Copin. [17]”

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

2. “Now, ladies and gentlemen, [Hartzell] does argue that, well, there is nobody that puts me in Thurston County on April 7th, and Mr. Woodrow argues for Mr. Tieskotter that no one puts him in Thurston County on April 7th. I know that, and you know that. We have no direct evidence of that, but what are we to do? We must rely on circumstantial evidence, that law that allows you to use your common sense and draw reasonable inferences.... .... And when you have a gun used by Mr. Tieskotter and independently a gun associated with Mr. Hartzell bound together at a residence on April 7th because they are the weapons used, that is compelling evidence of not only accomplice liability, but that these people were doing the shooting. [14]”

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

3. “Q: (Hartzell): What did Sarah say that Randy told her? A: (Detective Twomey): Randy asked her if she had heard that [the shot], and she replied that she did, and he told her to, "Shut the fuck up." That was her quote. And she said that you were agreeing with Randy as he was saying those things. Q: When she said I was agreeing, did she say in what way, verbally, physically? A: The characterization that she was presenting was that the two of you were acting as equal parts of the threats that were being made. [4]”

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