737 So. 2d 49 - State v. McCullough’s Empirical Analysis

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4 state decisions

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1. “... This very issue has previously been addressed by this court in State v. Jenkins, 508 So.2d 191 (La.App. 3 Cir.), writ denied, 512 So.2d 438 (La.1987). In Jenkins , this court concluded that use of a plea agreement did not render the co-defendant incompetent to testify and that "the defendant's appropriate avenue of relief was the cross-examination of [the testifying co-defendant]." Id. at 194 . We further note that the Singleton decision has not been followed by all of the federal circuits. In fact, it has been vacated by the circuit that originally rendered the decision, and an en banc hearing has been ordered. The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals in United States v. Haese, 162 F.3d 359 (5th Cir. 1998), concluded that the courts following Singleton were "incorrect and [the Fifth Circuit] will not follow down a path that will throw our criminal system into disarray." Id. at 367.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 735 So. 2d 723 - State v. Green