How to test Jasmine setup code?

Update: I figured out what the issue was, see my comment below.

Is there a way to guarantee state before each Jasmine test? For example:

describe('some thing', function () {
    beforeEach(function () {
        doSetup();
        // this expect does not evaluate :(
        expect(something).toBe(inSomeState);
    });
    it('has some behavior', function () {
        // test code
    });
});

The expect inside of the setup make no difference at all. Even throwing an error in the beforeEach does nothing. I would like to have some assurance that the setup has completed correctly before running the next test.. is there a way to do this?