State v. Payano’s Empirical Analysis

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2 state decisions

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1. “[T]he alleged presence of cocaine at [Payano's] residence the day before the shooting no more supports the proposition that he thus believed that the men attempting to break down his door were police, than it does the notion that Payano believed they were hoodlums seeking to harm him, his mother, and his cousin, and steal the cocaine.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Payano · State v. Payano

2. “The jury [in the first trial], I believe was left with the impression that this search warrant was somehow arbitrary, based on nothing, that the police came storming in a place with no basis really for doing that, that it may have been somehow a violation of Mr. Payano's rights . . . .”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Payano · State v. Payano

3. “not persuaded that Kojis'[s] testimony regarding the presence of cocaine and a gun at Payano's residence the day before supports the inference urged by the State, i.e., that Payano would reasonably have known the police had a search warrant.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Payano · State v. Payano