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498 So. 2d 1350 - Strickland v. State’s Empirical Analysis

1986

Citation profile

4
cited by 4 later decisions
1
states following
June 2019
most recently cited

4 state decisions

Relationships

Relies on Davis v. Alaska · 255 So. 2d 675 - Chesebrough v. State · Winner v. Sharp · Nelson v. State · 464 So. 2d 640 - Wooten v. State

Most-quoted passages

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  1. “For purposes of discrediting a witness, a wide range of cross-examination is permitted as this is the traditional and constitutionally guaranteed method of exposing possible biases, prejudices and ulterior motives of a witness as they may relate to the issue or personalities ....”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage
  2. “The vital importance of full and searching cross-examination is even clearer when, as here, the prosecution's case stands or falls on the jury's assessment of the credibility of the key witness[ ].”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage

How this case has been treated — in progress

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