Khaliq Khan v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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9 state decisions

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1. “The testimony elicited from [the witness] during the State's redirect examination was narrowly tailored to respond to [the] testimony during the defense's cross-examination. As soon as the State [, responding to character evidence introduced by the defense,] attempted to elicit testimony regarding the details of the prior complaint, defense counsel's objections were sustained. [The witness] did not discuss the details of this complaint; [the] testimony was only that a complaint had been made. Similarly, neither [of the other witnesses] testified as to details of the prior complaint. [Khan's wife] acknowledged that she was aware of the prior complaint against her husband, but she did not know the details of its substance, and that was the end of the State's inquiry.”

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

2. “If equal protection is violated only when the challenger’s race-based reason was a but-for cause of the challenge, then the rae e-neutral reason for a challenge must have been an insufficient cause, standing alone (otherwise, the race-based reason could not be a causative factor). Thus, the entire mixed-motive analysis is premised upon the challenger’s race-neutral reason being a motivating factor, but somehow not motivating enough to cause the strike when the race-based reason is “subtracted” from the decision to challenge. As a practical matter, we cannot imagine how a trial court could make such a determination.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. State v. Rey Alfredo Ornelas

3. “[w]hile the proverbial door was opened to the disputed testimony, it remained for the trial court to balance its probative value against its prejudicial nature ... and here we see no abuse of discretion.”

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