Tanner v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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2 state decisions

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1. “"[A]though it may have been improper for [the detective] to share [her] subjective belief [that Appellant was the shooter seen on the surveillance recording] with the jury explicitly, any rational juror would have guessed that [the detective] believed as much without being told. As we have explained before, '[s]uch comments upon the patently obvious generally pose little, if any, danger of prejudice.' "”

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

2. “An 'actual conflict,' for Sixth Amendment purposes, is a conflict of interest that adversely affects counsel's performance,”

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

3. “a mere theoretical division of loyalties.”

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