846 So. 2d 461 - Gore v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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1 federal appellate · 37 state decisions

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1. “so affected the fairness and reliability of the proceedings that confidence in the outcome is undermined.”

   8 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Rogers v. State · Mungin v. State

2. “In addition to this evidence, the State introduced the testimony of two other witnesses. Specifically, Lisa Ingram testified that she “was riding in a car with Gore on February 19 when she saw a woman’s purse in the back seat. She testified that Gore stated that the purse belonged to ‘a girl that he had killed last night.’ ” [Gore, 599 So.2d] at 983. We concluded on appeal that “this testimony was admissible as an admission with regard to the Roark homicide.” Id. Further, the State presented the collateral crime testimony of another victim, Tina Corolis: The testimony of Tina Corolis was admitted as evidence of a collateral crime. Corolis was a casual acquaintance of Gore’s, whom she knew as “Tony.” In March of 1988, Gore called Corolis at her home and told her that his car had broken down and he needed a ride to it. After they had driven around for several hours, Gore revealed a knife, gained control of the car, and drove to a partially wooded dumping area off a dirt road. He put the knife to Corolis’ stomach, forced her to undress, and raped her. He then dragged her out of the car, punched her face against a rock, strangled her, and stabbed her in the neck, arms, legs, and buttocks. Shortly thereafter Gore pawned several items of Corolis’ jewelry and then proceeded to Kentucky in her car. Id. We concluded on direct appeal that the “cumulative effect of the numerous similarities between the two crimes is the establishment of a unique modus operandi which points to Gore as th”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 32 So. 3d 614 - Gore v. State

3. “first, whether the alleged omissions are of such magnitude as to constitute a serious error or substantial deficiency falling measurably outside the range of professionally acceptable performance and, second, whether the deficiency in performance compromised the appellate process to such a degree as to undermine confidence in the correctness of the result.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Mungin v. State