ATIS v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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2 state decisions

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1. “allowing further inquiry into whether the felony involved dishonesty or false statement would have the impermissible and unintended effect of elevating certain felonies over others. In essence, we would be approving a more extensive cross-examination of one who has been convicted of grand theft, a felony involving dishonesty, than one convicted of murder, a felony not involving dishonesty or false statement.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 143 So. 3d 359 - Wilcox v. State

2. “A party may attack the credibility of any witness, including an accused, by evidence that the witness has been convicted of a crime if the crime was punishable by death or imprisonment in excess of 1 year under the law under which the witness was convicted, or if the crime involved dishonesty or a false statement regardless of the punishment ...”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Poul Wesley Spradling v. State of Florida

3. “Counsel: Have you ever been convicted of a misdemeanor involving dishonesty or a false statement? Witness: Yes. Counsel: How many times?”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Poul Wesley Spradling v. State of Florida