367 So. 2d 998 - Pope v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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9 state decisions

Most-quoted passages

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1. “Where the rule for the exclusion of witnesses from the courtroom is invoked, it is within the sound discretion of the trial court to allow any one of the witnesses to remain in the courtroom during the examination of the others. . . . . . . . "The purpose of sequestration is to obviate as far as possible one witness's trying to make his testimony consistent with that of another. As was stated in Beddow , supra, `the efficacy of sequestration — which can only occur during the trial — is probably overrated. The law has moved from oath-taking to cross examination in its search for the truth.'”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 426 So. 2d 517 - Cowgill v. State

2. “No abuse of discretion in this respect can be charged to the trial court in the absence of a showing of any injury to defendant by reason of any infraction of the rule.”

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