Bishop v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

1 state decisions

Most-quoted passages

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1. ““Even though this assignment of error is not properly before this court, we note that the jurors had already been qualified before hearing the burglary evidence and find no merit to the appellant’s contention that they should be qualified again before hearing the habitual criminal evidence. The same jury is required to hear both facets of the bifurcated proceedings, and was found initially to be qualified. This assignment is overruled.””

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