Abramson v. Griffin’s Empirical Analysis

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3 federal appellate · 1 state decisions

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1. “the defendant may move for severance of separate offenses and waive a future plea of double jeopardy, and if severance is granted by the Court, after showing of good cause for such severance, the defendant may be tried separately for each separate offense.” The issue in this case, however, is whether issues of ultimate fact have once been determined by a valid and final judgment. 5 . During its closing argument, the State summarized the polygraph evidence which was introduced during the appellant's recross examination of Officer Brooks. Although there was no objection to the State’s summation, it is clear that the prosecutor was merely restating what counsel for the appellant elicited during trial. 6 . Apparently, trial counsel for the appellant pursued this line of inquiry to elicit testimony that one of the "Altizer hoys” was not cleared through the use of polygraph testing. We therefore do not agree with the appellant’s assertion that trial counsel for the appellant "rose to the bait” of Officer Brooks’ testimony during direct examination by the State. Instead, the fact that trial counsel for the appellant inquired as to whether each of the "Altizer boys”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 182 W. Va. 776 - State v. Porter

2. ““examine the record of [the] prior proceeding, taking into account the pleadings, evidence, charge, and other relevant matter, and conclude whether a rational jury could have grounded its verdict upon an issue other than that which the defendant seeks to foreclose from consideration.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Buck v. Maschner