Hargis v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

4 state decisions

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1. “[I]n June 2006, after reviewing records concerning Hargis’s transactions on eBay between September 2003 and March 2006, including the purchase of a number of items used in methamphetamine manufacture, a drug enforcement agent obtained a warrant to search the house where Hargis lived with . . . Taylor. The agent found Hargis working in an outbuilding outfitted with equipment used in methamphetamine manufacture, a ventilation shaft, and a surveillance camera. Taylor arrived during the search, and both were arrested. An agent recovered a handgun from a bedroom in the house. Other evidence seized included shipping labels addressed to Hargis, a box of false identification cards with his picture on each card, over-the-counter tablets containing ephedrine and pseudoephedrine, and liquids that tested positive for the two substances. Agents also found written directions to a number of pharmacies in Taylor’s handwriting. In September 2006, Hargis was charged with attempt and conspiracy to manufacture methamphetamine, possession of ephedrine and pseudoephedrine, possession of false identification, and second-degree forgery.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Taylor v. State

2. “On the first day of [the co-defendant’s] trial on the 2006 charges, held in late September and early October 2009, and in addition to the evidence directly supporting those charges, the State moved to admit evidence of Hargis’s failure to appear at the February 2009 trial as indicating consciousness of guilt as well as the tape seized in July 2009 for the purpose of showing the existence of a conspiracy [to manufacture methamphetamine] between Taylor and Hargis. The court ruled the tape admissible for the limited purpose of showing the existence of a conspiracy.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Taylor v. State

3. “Based on [this] evidence . . . , officers obtained a search warrant for Hargis’s house and found boxes containing devices for manufacturing and smoking methamphetamine, one of which contained the drug. A tape recorder and cassette tape were also seized. Conversations on the tape included Hargis instructing Taylor on the use of the recorder, Taylor’s conversations with her counsel, and their negotiations with prosecutors assigned to the case.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Taylor v. State