People v. Young’s Empirical Analysis

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8 state decisions

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1. “[Young] shot and killed two people in an execution-style slaying while robbing a drug house in Detroit. Among other evidence of guilt, the prosecution presented testimony from two witnesses whom [Young] now claims were his accomplices, Michael Martin and Eugene Lawrence. Martin testified that [Young] came to his house and asked him for a gun to rob someone. Martin had no gun. [Young] then spoke on the telephone to Martin’s brother-in-law, Lawrence. Martin did not hear their conversation. Martin then drove [Young] to Lawrence’s house. After they arrived, [Young] and Lawrence spoke in a back room away from Martin, who again could not hear them conversation. Lawrence testified that during this conversation, [Young] asked him for a gun because some man had threatened him. [Young] did not mention to Lawrence any plan to rob a drug house. Lawrence did furnish a gun to [Young], Martin and [Young] then drove back to Martin’s home. Martin went inside his home while [Young] walked off in the direction of a nearby drug house. [Young] later telephoned Martin, stating that he was planning to rob a drug house. Martin hung up. Later that day, [Young] visited Martin’s home and admitted that he had shot the two victims in the head. After [Young] left, Martin contacted Lawrence. Martin and Lawrence then went to [Young]’s home. [Young] told them that he was angry because he had killed the victims for only six rocks of crack cocaine. [Young] called an unknown person and directed him to tell Mart”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Wayne Young v. Jan Trombley

2. “outcome determinative if it undermined the reliability of the verdict.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 324 Mich. App. 529 - People of Michigan v. Dakota Lee Shorter