484 So. 2d 1022 - Stokes v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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4 state decisions

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1. “Limited to this statement by the prosecution on voir dire, the jury could very well have concluded that not only did Stokes rape the child, he made her pregnant as well, either on April 13, 1982, or at some other time. Elementary to all trial proceedings is the proposition that the occurrence of any prejudicially incompetent matter or misconduct before a jury, the damaging effect of which cannot be removed by admonition or instructions, necessitates a mistrial. [citations omitted] Indeed, under some circumstances the circuit judge of his own motion is required to direct a mistrial.”

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

2. “[t]he only way the information elicited by the state could have avoided prejudicing the defendant would have been a concession by the state that Stokes had nothing to do with making his step-daughter pregnant... .”

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

3. “the state should not have been permitted to shut the door. In a trial, neither party should be permitted to limit the jury's view to a cheesecake picture.”

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