Graves v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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2 state decisions

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1. “The facts most favorable to the state show that on the night of [May 12, 1984], Willie Bell Jackson arrived at the A-Town Motorcycle Club in Anderson, Indiana,. Her husband was with her when she arrived, but he later left the club to go to the store, and she followed him outside. He left after she asked him to get her some cigarettes. As she turned to go back into the club, she was approached by two men, one tall and one short. The tail man said, "Shut up, bitch, and give me that purse," while grabbing and pulling on her handbag. Jackson was thrown to the sidewalk, and the assailants ran off with her purse. Jackson's resulting injuries included a broken arm, skin scraped off her arm and shoulder, and a big knot on her head. A few days later, Jackson gave a statement to the Anderson Police Department. She also looked at a police photo album and picked out photographs of her two assailants. Jackson selected a picture of Graves and identified him as the taller man who grabbed her purse and caused her injuries. Graves was arrested in Muncie, Indiana, and was returned to Anderson for questioning. He denied robbing the victim and stated at first that he had been in Muncie the night of the robbery, and he later claimed to have been in Cleveland that night. During the testimony of the state's first witness, Detective Gary Burke, the police photo album Jackson used to identify Graves was admitted into evidence.... Graves objected to the admission of the photo album on the grounds that”

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