207 So. 3d 589 - State v. Fontenot’s Empirical Analysis

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2 state decisions

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1. “In the present case, the jury not only heard the evidence that corroborated Sara’s initial statement to police identifying the Defendant as the perpetrator, but. the- jury also heard evidence that discredited Sara’s recantation at trial. At trial, Sara testified that she waited until the Defendant was out of rehab to tell police he was not the person who stole the truck.- On cross-examination, however, she admitted that she waited Until after she. and the Defendant were married, shortly before trial, to recant her statement to police. We find that this discredits her claim that she framed the Defendant only to force him into rehab and bolsters the State’s theory that she changed her story for the purpose of keeping her husband out of jail. The jury heard the evidence as to Sara’s “scheme” and was able, to make a credibility determination. Additionally, Sara testified she stole the truck, and the truck had a standard transmission. The owner of the truck, however, testified the truck had an automatic transmission. Based on the foregoing, we find that the. evidence was sufficient for a reasonable juror to find that the Defendant was the perpetrator.”

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