705 So. 2d 534 - Foster v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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7 state decisions

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1. “"`The trial court properly confines rebuttal, and of course surrebuttal evidence to material within the scope of the preceding adverse evidence.' Ellison v. State, 33 Ala.App. 405 , 34 So.2d 185, 187 (Ala.App.1948). `It is within the discretion of the trial court to receive, in rebuttal, testimony which more properly should have been offered as part of the case in chief.' Harris v. State, 409 So.2d 1006, 1010 (Ala.Cr.App.1982). `A trial court is clothed with wide discretion in the matter of permitting surrebuttal evidence, although the court's action in this regard is reviewable on appeal.' Harris, 409 So.2d, at 1010 ."”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Beckworth v. State

2. ““ ‘ “That specific kind of game, or enterprise, commonly known as ‘Hugo,’ in which prizes are awarded on the basis of designated numbers, or symbols, which are drawn, at random, by the operator of said game and which are placed by the persons playing, or participating in said game, on .cards, or sheets of paper, which contain, or set out, numbered spaces, upon which said designated numbers or symbols, may be placed by the persons playing or participating in said game.” ’ ””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. $223,405.86