Ex Parte Matthews’s Empirical Analysis

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2 state decisions

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1. “[A]ny person who, in a legal manner, is held to answer for an offense, at any stage of the proceeding, or against whom complaint in a lawful manner is made charging an offense, including all proceedings from the order for arrest to the final execution of the law. The word "defendant” is used in the same sense.”

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   e.g. Ex Parte Matthews

2. “one charged with an offense, esp: the defendant in a criminal case . The English Oxford Dictionary, p. 94 (2d ed.1989) defines accused as “[one] charged with a crime or fault.” . Blacks Law Dictionary 23 (6th ed.1990) defines accused: The generic name for the defendant in a criminal case. Person becomes”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Ex Parte Matthews

3. “(a) Words and phrases shall be read in context and construed according to the rules of grammar and common usage. (b) Words and phrases that have acquired a technical or particular meaning, whether by legislative definition or otherwise, shall be construed accordingly.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Ex Parte Matthews