99 Md. App. 711 - Williams v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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20 state decisions

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1. “Without intimating for a moment that we think the trial judge abused his discretion in this regard, the short answer to the contention is that the appellant never raised the issue of balancing below. Nothing with respect to such balancing was brought to the judge's attention. No ruling was made in that regard. We have no idea whether, in the privacy of his conscience, the judge did or did not engage in any balancing. Quite simply, the issue was never raised. What was preserved is not being pursued; what is being pursued was not preserved.”

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

2. “Such a predicate was established in this case. Mia Jones became aware of the charges against the appellant on December 15, 1992. She was fully aware of the fact that she possessed absolutely exculpatory information. As the appellant's live-in girlfriend and the mother of his children, moreover, she had a reasonable motive for wishing to exonerate him. A permissible inference could be drawn that she was familiar with some means to make such information known to law enforcement authorities.”

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

3. “[t]here has been no argument that prejudice outweighed relevance, but simply that the inquiry was utterly devoid of any relevance whatsoever.”

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