Yi v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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5 state decisions

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1. “Yi fails to show that his trial counsel’s performance prejudiced him. An investigating officer testified twice at trial that he read the defendant his rights under Miranda v. Arizona and the defendant stated that he did not want to talk to police at that time. This testimony was improper, but trial counsel failed to object to it. Even if trial counsel performed deficiently in fading to object, Yi has not shown prejudice. Contrary to the defendant’s argument, the prosecutor never referred to the defendant’s post-arrest silence during closing argument. More important, no witness or physical evidence corroborated Yi’s testimony that he shot the victim in self-defense during mutual combat. Without any evidence to support Yi’s self-defense theory, he has failed to show that the jury would have reached a different result but for his trial counsel’s error. Therefore, we affirm.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 139 F. Supp. 2d 1393 - Chu Young Yi v. Gearinger

2. “The state presented evidence that Choi died from a single gunshot wound to the back. The assistant manager of a nearby restaurant testified that he saw eight to ten men fighting in a parking lot when the defendant walked up and shot the victim twice as he leaned over the back of his car. Although Yi testified that he fired in self-defense as Choi was pulling a pistol out of his car trunk, no other person saw the victim with a weapon. Every eyewitness, including the defendant’s friends, testified that Yi had the only weapon that evening. His handgun was recovered, but no other gun was found on the victim, in his car, or in the parking lot. Yi returned to his car after firing his gun and drove off. Police arrested him several days later in Texas.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 139 F. Supp. 2d 1393 - Chu Young Yi v. Gearinger

3. “(1) object when a State’s witness commented on the Applicant’s post-arrest silence; (2) call Young Suk Lee as an exculpatory witness; (3) ask the court to provide an interpreter for a defense witness; and (4)request a curative instruction regarding the State’s “safety to the community” argument.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 139 F. Supp. 2d 1393 - Chu Young Yi v. Gearinger