State v. Cordeira’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

2 federal appellate · 2 district · 6 state decisions

Most-quoted passages

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1. “In the context of a criminal prosecution, “alibi” denotes an attempt by the defendant to demonstrate he “did not commit the crime because, at the time, he was in another place so far away, or in a situation preventing his doing the thing charged against him.” [Citation omitted.] “Strictly speaking, alibi evidence is merely rebuttal evidence directed to that part of the state’s evidence which tends to identify the defendant as the person who committed the alleged crime.” Witt v. State, 205 Ind. 499, 503 , 185 N.E. 645, 647 (1933). (Emphasis added.) Though Rule 12.1 of the Hawaii Rules of Penal Procedure requires the defendant to give notice of an intention to rely upon the defense of alibi, it is not an affirmative defense.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. State v. El-Tabech

2. “might have suggested to some jurors, at least, that the defendant had a “special responsibility with respect to [the alibi].” State v. Garvin, 44 N. J. at 273, 208 A.2d at 404.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. State v. Lira

3. “The instructions tendered by the defendant... spoke of “his absence from the scene of the crime, if proved” and of a “failure to establish an alibi.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. State v. Lira