Evans v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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4 state decisions

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1. “[13] T.E. testified that Evans forced her to have sex with him, that she did not want to engage in such conduct, and that his penis penetrated her vagina during sex. She also testified that Evans threatened to kill her and her family if she left his home. Such evidence authorized the jury's verdict as to rape. [14] 2. Before trial, Evans moved to sever the rape and false imprisonment charges relating to T.E. from the other counts involving T.F. and her sisters. The trial court denied the motion, and Evans enumerates this ruling as error.”

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2. “chasing Keesha through the trailer park, thus providing corroboration for Keesha's description of events. Keesha's similar testimony regarding the chase and Evans' demeanor corroborated Kenya's description. In light of this evidence, the jury was authorized to find Evans guilty on both counts of terroristic threats. [11] (c) Rape. A person commits rape by having carnal knowledge of a female forcibly and against her will. [12] Carnal knowledge is defined as”

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   e.g. Evans v. State

3. “while living in Evans' house. Given these other references to drug use by Evans and others, as well as the court's curative instructions regarding the unresponsive answer at issue, we find no reasonable probability that counsel's failure to renew the motion for mistrial prejudiced Evans' defense. In short, Evans has not shown that T.F.'s reference to”

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   e.g. Evans v. State