199 N.C. App. 1 - State v. Ward’s Empirical Analysis

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16 state decisions

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1. “[defendant kept and sold controlled substances that were identified solely using the visual identification evidence that [this Court] ... concluded was erroneously admitted. In each instance, it is not at all clear . . . that, except for the erroneous admission of this visual identification evidence, the evidence would have sufficed to support a conviction. As a result, [this Court] conclude^] that Defendant [wa]s entitled to a new trial in connection with each of those convictions.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 201 N.C. App. 707 - State v. Meadows

2. “[T]he relevance of evidence that Defendant possessed various types of prescription medications on 10 February 2005 under each of the theories enunciated by the trial court in deciding that the evidence should be admitted hinges on a finding that Defendant did, in both instances, possess unlawful controlled substances, rendering that evidence inadmissible under the principle enunciated in Scott .”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 202 N.C. App. 585 - State v. Galindo

3. “(1) Is the expert's proffered method of proof sufficiently reliable as an area for expert testimony? (2) Is the witness testifying at trial qualified as an expert in that area of testimony? (3) Is the expert's testimony relevant?”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 204 N.C. App. 357 - State v. Brunson