Graves v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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2 state decisions

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1. “In this situation the potential for prejudice is great. The evidence reveals that Graves’ companions searched Jones’ house and removed items from the residence, but it does not show that Graves actually removed any of the objects from the house. 3 Therefore, when the trial court instructed the jury on accomplice liability, without re-reading the entire set of final instructions, it not only placed special significance on the particular issue of Graves’ culpability with regard to the charge of robbery, but also the lone, additional instruction suggests a resolution to the jury’s predicament evidenced by their note. The jury was instructed as follows: “[A] person who knowingly or intentionally aids, induces or causes another person to commit an offense, commits that offense.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Robert Dowell v. State of Indiana

2. “by providing the jury with an additional instruction and failing to contemporaneously re-read the entire set of final instructions.”

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