Abdnor v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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1 state decisions

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1. “... We conclude that the context in which the State used Parsons’ testimony relating to the extraneous offenses does not permit the testimony, by implication, to be drawn into the larger issue of sanity. The evidence of the offenses was used only to respond to the cross-examination and argument of defense counsel. Further, no expert testimony was elicited by either the prosecution or the defense that would lead to a jury concluding that only a sane person threatens others and then does not carry out the threat. We conclude that the properly admitted, but erroneously unlimited, evidence of extraneous offenses caused no actual harm to appellant....”

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

2. “[n]o emphasis was placed on the extraneous offenses with regard to the issue of sanity. Parsons’ testimony about the extraneous offenses presented by the State, to explain Parsons’ testimony about the inconsistent statements, covered less than three pages out of his 260 pages of testimony in the 5,600-page statement of facts. No other evidence was presented by the State regarding either the extraneous offenses or the credibility of Parsons.”

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

3. “[Durand] told me that John had called and said he was going to take a 45 and bring it over and blow my head off.”

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