23 So. 3d 87 - Victorino v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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26 state decisions

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1. “On Friday, July 30, [2004,] Erin Belan-ger contacted police concerning suspicious activity at her grandmother’s vacant house on Providence Boulevard in Deltona. Without the owner’s permission, Victorino and [codefendant Jerone] Hunter had recently moved into the home with their belongings. On Saturday, Belanger again contacted police; this time she reported that several items were missing from her grandmother’s house. Late Saturday night, Victorino appeared at Belanger’s own residence on Telford Lane. He demanded the return of his belongings, which he believed Be-langer had taken from the Providence Boulevard residence. Shortly after leaving Belanger’s residence early on the morning of Sunday, August 1, Victo-rino contacted law enforcement to report the theft of his belongings from the Providence Boulevard residence. The responding officer advised Victorino that he had to provide a list of the stolen property. This angered Victorino, and he said, “I’ll take care of this myself.” A short time later, Victorino met Brandon Graham and codefendants [Robert Anthony] Cannon and [Michael] Salas, who were in Cannon’s Ford Expedition (the SUV). Codefendant Hunter and several young women were also in the SUV. Victorino told them that Be-langer and the other occupants of the Telford Lane house had stolen his belongings and that he wanted them to go fight Belanger and the others. According to Graham, Victorino and the occupants of the SUV all went in the SUV to the Telford Lane residence.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Victorino v. State

2. “The trial court as a matter of law subjected the Appellant to a co-defendant unwilling to testify in violation of the Fifth Amendment, further denying the Appellant his rights under the confrontation clause of the Sixth Amendment and the taint contributed severely to the Appellant[’]s conviction being fundamentally harmful in error.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Victorino v. State

3. “Relevant evidence is inadmissible if its probative value is substantially outweighed by the danger of unfair prejudice, confusion of issues, misleading the jury, or needless presentation of cumulative evidence.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. John William Campbell v. State of Florida & SC18-260 John William Campbell v. Julie L. Jones, etc.