People v. Corby’s Empirical Analysis

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3 federal appellate ·

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1. “and the other evidence connecting defendant to Mohammed and Burnett’s apartment, could not demonstrate to the jury that Burnett had a motive to specifically implicate defendant. Nor could this testimony and. evidence establish that defendant was the most plausible candidate for Burnett to implicate. What was demonstrated was Burnett’s motive to lie as to her participation as an accessory to the crimes (i.e., a motive for self-preservation). Without the cross-examination testimony defendant could not demonstrate to the jury that Burnett had a reason to fabricate her testimony to falsely accuse defendant for the purpose of either: (1) shifting the blame from herself to defendant; or (2) retaliating against defendant for accusing her in the first place.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 783 F. Supp. 2d 547 - Corby v. Artus

2. “[A] criminal defendant states a violation of the Confrontation Clause by showing that he was prohibited from engaging in otherwise appropriate cross-examination designed to show a prototypical form of bias on the part of the witness, and thereby to expose to the jury the facts from which jurors could appropriately draw inferences relating to the reliability of the witness.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Corby v. Artus