Fischer v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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1 state decisions

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1. “in deciding whether to admit extraneous offense evidence in the guilt/innocence phase of trial, the trial court must, under rule 104(b), make an initial determination at the proffer of the evidence, that a jury could reasonably find beyond a reasonable doubt that the defendant committed the extraneous offense.”

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

2. “At the time of the proffer, there was legally insufficient evidence that Fischer committed the extraneous offense. Therefore, the trial court could only conclude that a jury could not reasonably find beyond a reasonable doubt that Fischer committed the extraneous offense.”

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

3. “consider unrelated evidence submitted after the proffer to cure the deficiency of the proffer.”

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