Dewberry v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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2 federal appellate · 275 state decisions

Most-quoted passages

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1. “The State was careful to elicit accounts only of statements made by Chris referring to “we,” which included both him and appellant. An admission against a co-defendant declarant’s interest can be admissible against the defendant so long as it is sufficiently against the declar-ant’s interest to be reliable, [citation omitted] Because Chris’s statements containing “we” implicated him in the capital murder of Rode, this Court con-, eludes that his statements were sufficiently self-inculpatory to be reliable[.]”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Guidry v. State

2. “Do you find from the evidence beyond a reasonable doubt that JEFFREY LEE WOOD, the defendant himself, actually caused the death of Kriss Keeran, the deceased, on the occasion in question, or if he did not actually cause the deceased's death, that he intended to kill the deceased or another, or that he anticipated that a human life would be taken?”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Wood v. State

3. “Appellant urges this Court to conclude that all of his motions for continuance preserved the issues which they raised. In order to do this, he requests this Court exercise its “equitable powers.” Because appellant fails to cite any authority for this request, and we are not aware of any such authority, we refuse to do so.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissent
   e.g. Williams v. State