Rutledge v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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4 state decisions

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1. ““Q. Can you tell the members of the jury what type of man David Rutledge has appeared to you to be? A. He was impeccable, as far as I was concerned. Q. When you say “impeccable”, what do you mean? A. Well, he’d never drink, he didn’t curse, and he was just a nice person to be with. Q. Had you ever had your grandchildren or children around David Rutledge? A. No. Q. Did you have any reason to believe that he would be a danger to — to you or your grandchildren or your children? A. It’s still a shock to me when I found it out. Q. Are you saying the shock that he pled guilty to the indictment? A. True. Q. The man that you knew does not seem .that he would have — that he would have done such a thing? A. Well, the only — the associations I had with him was during the summer, when I really had the association. I’ve known him off and on, you know. But I — not on a personal basis. But I got to know him during the summer, and know him well. [[Image here]] Q. Did you find him to be a good worker? A. Very good. Q. Did you find — was he any kind of a trouble maker? A. Not to my knowledge. Q. Did he give you any difficulty as far as being prompt and responsive to your demands as to what he needed to do in throwing the paper? A. No. He always let me know or, you know, let them know at the Waffle House, you know, if he would — was going to be late or for me to pick him up. [[Image here]] Q. From what you know about David Rutledge — that is, working with him and being associated with him, at l”

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