Williams v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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2 state decisions

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1. “Contrary to the State’s assertions, we [cannot] consider any evidence from the dispute resolution procedure that [defendant] and complainant participated in prior to his arrest, as disclosures made in an ADR procedure are confidential, and not subject to disclosure. Id. (citing § 154.073). The court nevertheless upheld the conviction because it found the complainant’s testimony was otherwise sufficient to support a guilty verdict. Id. Williams does not indicate .whether the mediator was called as a witness, but it is a reasonable assumption that evidence from some source regarding what transpired during the procedure was introduced at trial. Otherwise, the state could not have relied upon it to argue that the proof supported the defendant's conviction. The state appellate court did not hold that the evidence was inadmissible. There is no indication that a witness to the mediation objected to testifying, or that the defendant objected to admission of the evidence, nor is there a description of the nature of the proof. The appellate court simply determined that evidence of what occurred during the procedure could not be considered in determining the sufficiency of the state's evidence of guilt.”

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