717 So. 2d 1050 - Powell v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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2 state decisions

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1. “"One of the purposes of pretrial procedure orders is to avoid unnecessary delay of trials, and to permit both the defendant and the state to know before trial what issues and evidence will be allowed or received in evidence at trial. Similarly, rule 3.190(h)(4) is designed to promote the orderly process of a trial by avoiding the problems and delay caused when a judge must interrupt the trial, remove the jury from the courtroom and hear arguments and testimony on a motion to suppress that could have easily been disposed of before trial. "Filing a suppression motion seven days before trial and not attempting to set it for hearing prior to trial causes the same delay and confusion the rule was designed to prevent. Such motions should be heard and disposed of in advance of the trial date for many reasons, if at all possible. It avoids the delay and confusion at trial mentioned by Savioe. It also enables each party to plan the orderly presentation of their case, knowing what evidence or testimony will or will not be admissible. Further, it allows the state an opportunity to appeal the ruling if the motion to suppress is granted. "In these two cases, there appears no good reason for defense counsels' failure to comply with the trial court's orders. Nothing has been offered by way of mitigating circumstances. We must conclude defense counsels' actions in these cases were engaged in as a means to delay or obtain a continuance of the trial, and to frustrate witnesses who had been sub”

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

2. “motion to suppress shall be made before trial unless opportunity therefor did not exist or the defendant was not aware of the grounds for the motion”

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