Smith v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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1 state decisions

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1. “"Smith ... argues that the court abused its discretion in allowing, ... inadmissible hearsay [which] should have been excluded. While we do not believe that Smith opened the door to such hearsay during his cross examination, we find that testimony [of victim's friend] on redirect was cumulative of her testimony on cross. As such, we find that Smith has not met his burden of showing that any error prejudiced his defense. See Goodwin v. State, 721 So.2d 728 (Fla. 4th DCA 1998 )." [e.s.]”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 762 So. 2d 969 - Smith v. State