State v. Jensen’s Empirical Analysis

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7 federal appellate · 10 state decisions

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1. “With the above illustrative summary of the other, untainted and undisputed gripping evidence against Jensen — from which a rational jury could alone conclude beyond a reasonable doubt that Jensen cruelly planned and plotted and, in fact, carried out the murder of his wife Julie — we move on to examine the admitted testimonial evidence for a determination as to whether the assumed error in admitting it was harmless or reversible. As already noted, we conclude that the State has met its burden of proving admission of the testimonial evidence was harmless beyond a reasonable doubt. The State deftly dissects ' the challenged testimonial evidence and is able to point to admissible duplicative and corroborative evidence in the record.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissent
   e.g. Jensen v. Clements

2. “correctly applied accepted legal standards to the facts of record and, using a rational process, reached a conclusion that a reasonable judge could reach.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissent
   e.g. 385 Wis. 2d 210 - State v. Harris