659 So. 2d 457 - Sheppard v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1995
Citation profile
2 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Rodriguez v. New York · 110 So. 2d 654 - Williams v. State · 639 So. 2d 972 - Advisory Opinion to the Attorney General re Funding for Criminal Justice · 513 So. 2d 122 - State v. Fundora · 571 So. 2d 422 - Goldschmidt v. Holman
Most-quoted passages
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“"[t]rial judges have wide discretion in decisions regarding jury instructions, and the appellate courts will not reverse a decision regarding an instruction in the absence of a prejudicial error that would result in a miscarriage of justice."”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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