Manning v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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4 state decisions

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1. “Where the prosecutor in a criminal case (without the necessity of establishing a predicate for the introduction into evidence of any statement of the defendant) asked the arresting officer whether the defendant made any statement after being warned of his constitutional rights and obtained a negative answer from the officer, and where the evidence of guilt of the accused was overwhelming, and the prosecutor did not attempt to continue the dialogue with the witness or otherwise pursue the fact of appellant's exercise of his right to remain silent, and no objection to the improper response was raised by the accused at the time of trial, and no further reference to the improper response was made during the remainder of the trial, may an appellate court constitutionally apply the doctrine of harmless error?”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 341 So. 2d 203 - Sylvester v. State