Wilson v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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4 state decisions

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1. “Question number one: “What is Anthony’s name?” Answer: “Anthony Brady Weston.” Question number two: “What is Ryan’s name?” Answer: “Ryan O’Neil Wilson.” Question number three: “Where does Anthony live?” Answer: “It’s on Walkerton in Lanham, Maryland.” Question number four: ‘Where does Ryan live?” Answer: “It’s off of Hill Road somewhere. It’s the first left after from the townhouses.” Question number five: “What day did this occur?” Answer: “Friday night — Saturday morning.” Question number six: “At approximately at what time did this occur?” Answer: “About 5:30 to 6:00 in the morning a.m.” Question number seven: “What car were the three of you • in?” Answer: “It’s my father’s ’89 gold Honda, Maryland tag. I don’t know the number.” Question number eight: ‘Who had the gun?” Answer: “It was Ryan’s father’s gun, but Anthony had the gun.” Question number nine: “Describe the gun.” Answer: “It’s a black gun with a brown handle, .38 Special with D.C. Cop written all over it.” Question number ten: “How was Anthony carrying the gun?” Answer: “It was under his jacket.” Question number eleven: “Where did the three of you go on Saturday, January the 6th, 1990?” Answer: “Dodge Park Road in Landover, Maryland.” Question number twelve: “Why did the three of you go there?” Answer: “To rob someone with cocaine.” Question number thirteen: “How did the shooting occur?” Answer: “Me and Ryan were walking down the sidewalk and we walked a couple of apartments down and came back. There were a coupl”

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

2. “On January 6th, 1990 me, Anthony [Weston], Ryan [Wilson] went out in my father’s gold Honda. Ryan had his father’s D.C. police gun. We were going to rob a dope dealer. Anthony had the gun. We went around Dodge Park Apartments. There was no one out so we decided to leave. When I saw a car enter the apartment myself and Ryan were walking on the sidewalk. Anthony was about 15 feet in the street. That’s when the car came back and Anthony said, “Are you looking?” I could not hear what the person said in the car. Then Anthony said, “Get on — get the fuck out or on.” The car stood for 30 seconds, then pulled in and parked. A male got out the car. He then reached back in the car and hit the horn and turned to Anthony and said putting his hands in the air “I’m the biggest dealer around here.” Anthony then said, “No, fuck, you’re not”, and shot him. Anthony then ran. Me and Ryan walked away. I could not believe he had done that. I then got in my car, pick up Anthony, Ryan and talk about it and then dropped Ryan off and dropped Anthony off.”

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

3. “the Bruton rule does not apply in the context of the matter before us. The independent circumstances surrounding the taking of the confessions, in addition to their significantly interlocking detail of material aspects, clearly evidenced sufficient indicia of reliability to rebut the presumption of unreliability of the co-defendant’s confession and was properly admitted as direct evidence against [Wilson],”

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