Heinzman v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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5 state decisions

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1. “Q: Would it be a proper statement to say that when you substantiate a case you find a reason to believe the allegations may have some factual foundation? A: Yes, that would be correct. Q: So there’s no way for you to tell or to say whether or not at that point in time that they are absolutely beyond doubt true, but they have a foundation upon which to proceed with further investigation? A: That’s correct. Q: Okay. And if you had unsubstantiated it, then there would have been no basis for further investigation as far as your department was concerned; is that correct? A: That’s correct.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Ryan E. Bean v. State of Indiana

2. “Uh, when we receive a new report, we have to determine whether to substantiate abuse, which means that we believe that abuse and neglect occurred, or we can unsubstantiate it, which means we don’t feel that there’s enough evidence to say that abuse or neglect occurred. Regarding this report with [the child victim], I substantiated sexual abuse, meaning our office feels that there was enough evidence to conclude that sexual abuse occurred.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Ryan E. Bean v. State of Indiana