Dexter v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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1 federal appellate · 7 state decisions

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1. “The defendant, Thomas Dexter, lived in a Lafayette apartment with his girlfriend A.H. and her three daughters, including three-year-old K.S. On April 30, 2009, A.H. went to a morning appointment and left K.S. in Dexter’s care, asking him to have her dressed by the time A.H. returned. Dexter proceeded to give K.S. a bath and then tossed her in the air. Dexter was unable to catch K.S., who was wet from her bath, and K.S. fell, striking both her head and her back on the tub. Dexter wrapped her in a towel and called 911. K.S. was rushed to a local hospital but soon was transferred to Riley Children’s Hospital in Indianapolis due to an increase in her intracranial pressure. Sadly, K.S. died on May 5, 2009.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Thomas Dexter v. State of Indiana

2. “Certified copies of judgements or commitments containing a defendant's name or a similar name may be introduced to prove the commission of prior offenses. While there must be supporting evidence to identify the defendant as the person named in the documents, the evidence may be circumstantial. If the evidence yields a logical and reasonable inference from which the finder of fact may determine beyond a reasonable doubt that it was a defendant who was convicted of the prior felony, then a sufficient connection has been shown.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
   e.g. Joseph M. Backenstoes v. State of Indiana (mem. dec.)