Bunch v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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1 federal appellate · 9 state decisions

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1. “a. The evidence has been discovered since trial. b. The evidence is relevant but not material. c. The evidence is not cumulative to the extent that it could establish in the minds of some jurors that the detectives made an offer to .Rickey Hammons which he refused. ,d. The evidence is merely impeaching. e. The evidence is not privileged or incompetent. f. Due'diligence was used to discover the evidence prior to trial to the extent that evidence of Hammons’[s] testimony before the Indiana Parole Board could not have been discovered before trial. g. The evidence is worthy of credit to the extent that there were discussion between Hammons and the detectives at their initial interview about possible leniency. h. The evidence can be produced at a new trial. i.. The evidence will .not probably produce a different result at a new trial.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Jason Tibbs v. State of Indiana