473 So. 2d 1277 - Wright v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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2 federal appellate · 17 state decisions

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1. “if Waters were permitted to testify. Id., at 1280. Wright was convicted and sentenced to die. 5 On appeal, the Supreme Court of Florida held that the trial judge's rigid application of the State's sequestration rule was inconsistent with Wright's Sixth Amendment right to present witnesses in his behalf. The court affirmed the conviction, however, because it deemed the error harmless:”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 857 So. 2d 861 - Wright v. State · Wright v. Florida

2. “Before [the trial court] excludes testimony on the ground that the sequestration rule was violated, the trial court must determine that the witness’s testimony was affected by other witnesses’ testimony to the extent that it substantially differed from what it would have been had the witness not heard the testimony.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Cokely v. State · State v. Jordan

3. “[T]he rule of sequestration is intended to prevent a witness's testimony from being influenced by the testimony of other witnesses in the proceeding.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Mendoza v. State · 695 So. 2d 1239 - Lott v. State