State v. Ford’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

27 state decisions

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1. “[i]t appears from the record that after deliberating for several hours, the jury returned to the courtroom whereupon the following exchange took place: [‘]COURT: All right, ladies and gentlemen, I understand you have a question. FOREMAN: Your Honor, we would like answered — we can’t remember which time did each man, Barbee and Ford, sign his rights and on what date was this, and what time did the detectives go out and pick up each man? COURT: Members of the jury, I’m sorry but we’re not allowed to go back in and review the evidence once the case is completed. It is your duty, of course, as best you can to recall all of the evidence that was presented, and I’m sorry, but we really can’t help you with that particular matter. [’] In [the] instant case, it appears that the trial judge erroneously believed that he was not permitted to review the evidence after the jury had begun its deliberation. We must, therefore, determine whether defendant has been prejudiced by the trial court’s ruling which was apparently based on a misapprehension of the law. . . . The requested evidence was, for the most part, conflicting, inconclusive, or not in the record. We note that the trial judge correctly instructed the jury that it was their duty ‘as best you can to recall all of the evidence that was presented.’ It would have been difficult, if not impossible, for the trial judge to review this evidence in a comprehensible manner. Here, any attempt to review such evidence would likely have raised”

   5 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Brogden · 196 N.C. App. 22 - State v. Long