Bentley v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1982
Citation profile
2
cited by 2 later decisions
1
states following
July 1988
most recently cited
2 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 399 So. 2d 953 - Armstrong v. State · Staples v. State · Williams v. State
Most-quoted passages
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“Whether or not a witness is a court witness, a criminal defendant must “offer no testimony other than his own” to retain last argument. Fla.R.Crim.P. 3.250. That the court might call the witness does not negate the fact that the testimony was offered on behalf of appellant. Appellant did not offer “no testimony,” as the experts presented testimony on behalf of appellant at his request, court-appointed or not. Appellant thus lost the right to last argument before the jury.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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