593 So. 2d 1161 - Marshall v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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3 state decisions

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1. “In deciding to allow an evidentiary hearing before making a decision on the necessity of a new trial, we have taken into account various factors including the existence of a record, the content of the record, and the lapse of time since the trial. We have also considered the interests of the victim, the child's family, the defendant, and the judicial system. The defendant was tried by a jury that included men and women as well as members of at least two distinct ethnic groups. If the procedural error was in fact harmless, the defendant's arguments would not seem sufficient to require the child and the family to be subjected to another trial.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
   e.g. Feller v. State