574 So. 2d 1194 - Paul v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1991
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December 1999
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Relies on Steinhorst v. State · 574 So. 2d 1079 - Penn v. State
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“The statements Penn's counsel tried to introduce went beyond the scope of direct examination and would have tended to bolster Penn's theory of defense that he was too intoxicated by drugs to know what he was doing. This theory was clearly a defensive matter, and Penn could and should have developed it by calling his own witnesses.”
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