119 So. 3d 1214 - Kocaker v. State’s Empirical Analysis
2013
Citation profile
15
cited by 15 later decisions
1
states following
April 2019
most recently cited
1 federal appellate · 14 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Ring v. Arizona · 559 So. 2d 187 - State v. Law · 830 So. 2d 792 - Pagan v. State · 615 So. 2d 688 - Spencer v. State · 803 So. 2d 598 - Connor v. State
Most-quoted passages
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“[A] motion for judgment of acquittal should be granted in a case based wholly upon circumstantial evidence if the [S]tate fails to present evidence from which the jury could exclude every reasonable hypothesis except that of guilt. However, [t]he [Sjtate is not required to rebut conclusively every possible variation of events which could be inferred from the evidence, but only to introduce competent evidence which is inconsistent with the defendant’s theory of events. Once the State meets this threshold burden, it becomes the jury’s duty to determine whether the evidence fails to exclude all reasonable hypotheses of innocence ..., and where there is substantial, competent evidence to support the jury verdict, [the Court] will not reverse.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“The Defendant was examined by a psychologist on two different occasions, in September, 2010, and July, 2011, in which he was found competent to proceed .... The record appears to support the finding that Defendant was committed to a mental health facility in the animal mistreatment case in lieu of being incarcerated. Neither the Defendant nor the State has proffered any additional evidence that the Defendant did not have the capacity to appreciate the criminality of his conduct or that his ability to conform his conduct to the requirements of the law was substantially impaired. Based upon the minimal evidence presented to this Court, this mitigator is given some weight.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
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