Fannin v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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2 state decisions

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1. “[A] defendant's right to cross-examine a witness about any deals that may have been made or any understandings that may have been reached between the government and one of its witnesses does not hinge on whether in fact any such deals or understandings were effected.... "What tells, of course, is not the actual existence of a deal but the witness' belief or disbelief that a deal exists."”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 936 So. 2d 585 - Childers v. State

2. “the trial court abused its discretion by unduly restricting appellant's right to cross-examine [the witness] on the issue of her perception of any deals made with her mother.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 936 So. 2d 585 - Childers v. State