Mattingly v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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2 state decisions

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1. ““This argument was highly improper and the defense counsel’s objection should have been sustained and the jury advised to disregard it. While we are constantly stating that counsel for the State and defendant should be given great latitude and a wide freedom of expression in presenting their arguments, still we find that argument in the instant case goes outside of the record and is so prejudicial as to require reversal. “A person accused of a crime is entitled to a fair and impartial trial conducted according to established principles of law, the most important of which is, the verdict of the jury should be founded only upon competent evidence. If the defendant cannot be fairly convicted, he should not be convicted at all, and to hold otherwise would provide ways and means for the conviction of the innocent. “We do not believe that the errors complained of can be cured by simply modifying the judgment and sentence rendered against the defendant. He was effectively denied a fair and impartial trial as guaranteed to him by the Constitution of the United States, and the State of Oklahoma. . . . ””

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