State v. Alford’s Empirical Analysis

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3 state decisions

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1. “In the present case, it is not known if the victims had juvenile records and if they did, if those records contain information which would have affected the jury verdict. In accordance with Tole-dano, this case must be remanded to the trial judge for an in camera inspection of the victims’ juvenile records of prior adjudications, if they exist, and their discrediting value, if any. If the trial judge determines that the victims had juvenile records of prior adjudications that are so discrediting that there is a reasonable likelihood that they would have affected the jury verdict, then judgment reversing defendants’ convictions and ordering a new trial should be entered accordingly. If there are no records or records with no discrediting value, defendants’ convictions and sentences should be affirmed.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 83 So. 3d 30 - State v. Rubens