Smith v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1997
Citation profile
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cited by 1 later decisions
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states following
April 2008
most recently cited
1 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 575 So. 2d 181 - Jackson v. State · 660 So. 2d 257 - Hayes v. State · 589 So. 2d 943 - Abbott v. State · 511 So. 2d 1111 - Peterson v. State
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““Self-defense *** results in a tacit admission that the defendant committed the crime at issue. In this case, the State employed the self-defense instruction to argue to the jury in closing that [the defendant] did not act in self-defense when he battered the victim. Thus, the State was allowed to argue that [the defendant] should not be excused of his criminal conduct. While, at the same time, [the defendant], throughout the trial, contended he was not the intruder in the victim’s apartment and this was a case of misidentification. The instruction was completely inconsistent with [the defendant’s] defense in this case and we cannot say it was harmless error.” Smith, 698 So. 2d at 633 .”
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