Gilbert v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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1 state decisions

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1. “The State’s not saying that Mr. Gilbert had any burden of proving anything. I’m just saying if they went to all the trouble of bringing a man here from Arkansas who really doesn’t know anything about this case, why do you suppose they didn’t go to the effort of bringing somebody here who allegedly saw him at 5:20 in the morning? Think about that. I’ll tell you why_ You’ve heard of the phrase “red herring.” That’s the job of the defense, to throw out red herrings to distract you.[ 1 ]”

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