People v. Howard-Walker’s Empirical Analysis

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1 state decisions

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1. “[e]ven when considered cumulatively, these errors were relatively small events scattered over the course of a two-day trial, during which substantial evidence was presented ... from which the jury reasonably could have concluded that Howard-Walker was the man with the gun.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Howard-Walker v. People

2. “[i]t was immaterial whether the perpetrator might have committed an additional crime had he encountered the homeowner or the police.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Howard-Walker v. People

3. “even the most serious error-the improper comment on Howard-Walker's exercise of his right against self-incrimination-was fleeting.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Howard-Walker v. People