397 So. 2d 184 - Shields v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1981
Citation profile
13
cited by 13 later decisions
1
states following
February 1994
most recently cited
13 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on United States v. Telfaire · 53 Ala. App. 89 - Hawkins v. State · Haynes v. State · Lambeth v. State · 335 So. 2d 211 - Hudson v. State
Most-quoted passages
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“"Identification testimony is an expression of belief or impression by the witness. Its value depends on the opportunity the witness had to observe the offender at the time of the offense. Where, as in this case, the only evidence offered by the prosecution to connect the defendant with the crime charged, is the identification of an eyewitness, the testimony alone carried the burden on the issue of reasonability. The defendant is entitled to a verdict of acquittal if the persuasive force of the identification testimony is not sufficient to convince you of his responsibility beyond a reasonable doubt and to a moral certainty."”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“(emphasis added) The court, moreover, repeatedly charged the jury, both before the trial began and at the close of the trial, on the defendant's presumption of innocence and the State's burden of proof. Hence, because requested charges 2 and 5 were substantially and fairly covered by the trial court in its oral instructions to the jury, the trial court committed no error by refusing the written charges. II Barnes contends that the evidence was insufficient to support the jury's verdict and the judgment of conviction.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“We held that if the jury is presented a discussion of the reasonable doubt standard as applied to the evidence in its totality, then the failure to give instructions on reasonable doubt arising from”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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