Oglesby v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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1 state decisions

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1. ““The homicide case was called for preliminary hearing on the 23rd of December 1974, before Judge John Coleman. The appellant, Jackie Oglesby, was at this time placed under oath, and in this testimony he recanted, and stated that he had lied when he told Sheriff Mitchell that ‘he and Douglas Bridges had been out to Davidson’s Store about 3:30 on the afternoon of September 9, 1974/ and that all that was stated in the statement was not true, except for the part where he and Bridges went out there late that afternoon after hearing an ambulance and saw the sheriff bringing a body out on a stretcher. “This transcript of a preliminary hearing also shows that in view of Oglesby at the preliminary hearing, the State would not be able to make out a prima facie case against Douglas Bridges and moved the court to dismiss the case, which was granted. “The complete transcript of the preliminary hearing before Judge Coleman was stipulated into the evidence by the parties through their attorneys, and Judge Coleman testified that the appellant was under oath when he testified at the preliminary hearing. Also, identified by Judge Coleman was a warrant sworn out before him on October 31, 1974, by one Melvin L. Davidson, which charged Jefferson Douglas Bridges with the first degree murder of Harold Purvis Davidson by shooting him with a pistol.””

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