Jackson v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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1 state decisions

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1. “Jackson also argues that the jury may have convicted him based solely on the undisputed evidence that he was informed (at his arraignment) of his two future court dates [and that he thereafter failed to ap-pearl. But we do not read the jury instructions to allow this. As explained above, the jury was told that Jackson could not be convicted unless the jurors were convinced beyond a reasonable doubt that Jackson's conduct (%.e., his failure to appear) was knowing, and they were further told that Jackson could not be convicted unless the jurors found a "joint operation" of culpable mental state and prohibited conduct. Jackson presented the defense that he made an honest mistake as to the date of his first scheduled court appearance and that, after he realized that he had missed this first court appearance, he honestly believed that his second court appearance would be canceled and that he would be notified of new court dates. If the jury had accepted these assertions, they would not have found that Jackson's [failure to appear] was "knowing" as defined in the instructions.”

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

2. “Jackson would be guilty of "knowingly" failing to appear if he decided early on that he would not attend his scheduled court appearances, and he then dismissed the matter from his mind. Jackson's conscious decision not to attend court, combined with his subsequent failure to appear on the two specified days, would constitute a sufficient concurrence of culpable mental state and prohibited act or omission-even if it were true that, on the two scheduled days, Jackson gave no conscious thought to his court appearances.”

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