State v. Apodaca’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

12 state decisions

Most-quoted passages

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1. “reason[ed] that [the juror] presently was ill, that the court was not optimistic that she would be well enough by 2 p.m. to resume her duties and that, even if she did return, [the juror] might spread her illness to other jurors due to the close proximity that they shared. The court further reasoned that a delay could result in the loss of other jurors because the trial already had exceeded the estimated time frame that had been given to the jury and protracted testimony still lay ahead. Accordingly, the court ruled that it was excusing [the juror] for the aforementioned reasons and that an alternate juror would be selected by lot.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 166 Conn. App. 304 - State v. Tarver

2. “The pertinent test is whether the charge, read in its entirety, fairly presents the case to the jury in such a way that injustice is not done to either party under the established rules of law. Thus, [t]he whole charge must be considered from the standpoint of its effect on the [jurors] in guiding them to the proper verdict ... and not critically dissected in a microscopic search for possible error.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
   e.g. 168 Conn. App. 321 - State v. Elias V.

3. “Hankerson and Davila fled the apartment and drove to a rest stop, where they met the [petitioner]. The two men had blood on their clothes, and the [petitioner] directed them to get back into their vehicle and to follow him. The [petitioner] led them back to his girlfriend's apartment in New York, where he gave them a change of clothes. The three men split the money taken from Bruno's apartment.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 167 Conn. App. 530 - Apodaca v. Commissioner of Correction