Saffor v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1993
Citation profile
5 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Rodriguez v. New York · 382 So. 2d 1197 - Canakaris v. Canakaris · 110 So. 2d 654 - Williams v. State · 506 So. 2d 1039 - In re Code of Judicial Conduct, Canon 6C(1) · 591 So. 2d 178 - Florida Bar re Corbin
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“Where collateral crime evidence goes beyond merely showing that a defendant in a familial child sexual assault case has committed a sexual assault upon another child family member and additionally shows that the circumstances of the collateral crime share a unique characteristic or set of characteristics with the charged crime, the evidence serves to prove more than mere propensity. Such evidence bolsters the credibility of the child witness in the charged crime, not because the evidence simply shows the defendant's propensity to commit sexual assaults upon children, but because it is unlikely that the victim in the charged crime could have fabricated a version of events which shares unique characteristics with the collateral crime. I believe that such uniquely similar collateral crime evidence is the type of evidence the supreme court had in mind when it authorized the admission of similar fact collateral crime evidence to bolster the credibility of child victims of familial sexual assaults. Because the charged and collateral crimes in this case were not uniquely similar, the collateral crime evidence should not have been admitted.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissente.g. Saffor v. State“Similar fact evidence of other crimes, wrongs, or acts is admissible when relevant to prove a material fact in issue, such as proof of motive, opportunity, intent, preparation, plan, knowledge, identity or absence of mistake or accident, but is inadmissible when the evidence is relevant solely to prove bad character or propensity.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissente.g. Saffor v. State“the important similarity between the charged and collateral crimes is that the child victim in each situation is placed in an extremely vulnerable position, which makes him or her far more susceptible to the dissolute influence of adult family-type members.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrencee.g. Saffor v. State
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