986 So. 2d 965 - Dora v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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4 state decisions

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1. “[y]ou also heard the fact that it is undisputed [l]adies and [g]entlemen, that this defendant told Rebecca Dora, I will give you $5,000; I'm sorry I got you into this trouble, but I will give you $5,000 to go in there and take the rap for me. That is also undisputed. Nobody came forward and said that didn't happen. I submit to you, [l]adies and [g]entlemen, that that is strong evidence that —”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 20 So. 3d 623 - Tate v. State · 21 So. 3d 633 - Mitchell v. State

2. “Additionally, the prosecutor commented that two other pieces of evidence were “undisputed.” First, he claimed it was undisputed that Dora placed the cocaine in the trash can. As Dora, Rebecca[,] and her daughter were the only occupants in the house at the time, he was the only one who could have said differently. Second, the prosecutor told the jury that Officer Lewis’s testimony that Dora was exiting the bathroom was undisputed. As Dora and [Officer] Lewis were the only people present at the time, Dora was the only person who could have come forward and denied it.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 21 So. 3d 633 - Mitchell v. State

3. “[t]he jury could reach no other conclusion except that the prosecutor was telling them, `Look, if Rebecca and her daughter were not telling the truth, Dora would have taken this witness stand and denied it[,]'”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 986 So. 2d 917 - Dora v. State