State v. Sims’s Empirical Analysis

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2 state decisions

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1. “We rule the trial judge properly allowed one co-conspirator to testify to another co-conspirator's statement relating to appellant's [Sims's] own statement of guilt because the statement was calculated to induce participation in the combined and joint effort to dispose of the victim's body, the gun, and other evidence of murder. We hold the statement was NOT hearsay, but constituted relevant and admissible probative evidence in this murder.”

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

2. “[Anderson] was telling me that he was going to end all his beefs before the New Year. And he was reaching underneath his seat. So I thought he was fixing to ... grab him a gun and shoot me. So I pulled out my gun. Out of fear I shot.”

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

3. “She [English] wouldn't tell me what was going on. And so she asked me if I wanted to go to Charleston. And I told her, yeah....”

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