Edmondson v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

7 state decisions

Most-quoted passages

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1. “Q. When Lonnie [Edmondson] — you say Lonnie told you they had shot a peckerwood? A. Yeah, he just — I said, “Where you all been?” He says — I don’t know if he said girl or called me by my name. He said, “We shot a peckerwood,” and Robert said, “Don’t tell her that man.” Q. He didn’t tell you who shot the peckerwood? A. No, he said “we.” Q. Has Robert [Hamm] ever told you which one did the actual shooting? A. Yes, he did. Q. Who did he say did it? A. He did. Q. Robert said he done it himself? A. Once he told me Lonnie did it because I was definitely trying to find out if he did. I didn’t want him to be the one to shoot the man. The gunshot wound kill the man? Q. Yes. A. He said first he said Dickie did it, then he said that night they came to pick him up he said he did. Q. He told you that? A. He said he knew you all had him.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Edmondson v. Hess