State v. Wilson’s Empirical Analysis
1992
Citation profile
4
cited by 4 later decisions
1
states following
February 2019
most recently cited
4 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Jackson v. Virginia · 384 So. 2d 355 - State v. Bonanno · 433 So. 2d 688 - State v. Smith · 398 So. 2d 1049 - State v. Jones · 433 So. 2d 104 - State v. Square
Most-quoted passages
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“Of course district attorneys should avoid the dual role of prosecutor and witness. The general rule, governing all lawyers, prohibits testimony by attorneys who are [^engaged in the trial of the case [e]xcept in isolated circumstances. Even stronger reasons weigh against testimony by a prosecutor. * * * Here, however, even if we should find the ruling of the trial judge to have been erroneous, the error was harmless. Foremost, [the witness] himself indicated in his testimony that he said what he did because to do otherwise was dangerous. Next, the prosecution did nothing more than reveal facts which tended to impeach [the witnesses testimony. [[Image here]] We find that [the assistant district attorney]’s failure to withdraw from the trial after testifying did not prejudice the defendant.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. State v. King
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