Ex parte Mitchell’s Empirical Analysis

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1. “A defendant’s guilt should be determined on the basis of evidence admissible against him. Article 36.09, supra, is partially based upon the recognition that, even in cases where more than one defendant is charged with the same offense or offenses arising out of the same transaction, there is the possibility in joint trials that a jury might confuse evidence or consider evidence admissible against only one defendant in determining the guilt of another defendant.”

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