Lewis v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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2 state decisions

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The sentences later courts lift from this opinion, ranked by how many decisions quote each — the parts of the opinion doing the work. These counts are smaller than the citation total above because most of the 2 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “The witness's sworn statement recanting her trial testimony constitutes newly discovered evidence and the trial court must assess whether it is of such a nature that it would probably produce an acquittal at trial.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 773 So. 2d 622 - Murrah v. State

2. “[i]n determining whether a new trial should be granted based on recanted testimony, the trial court must first determine if the recanting witness is testifying truthfully in the recantation.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 827 So. 2d 948 - McLin v. State

3. “there was no opportunity for the trial court to evaluate the witness's demeanor.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 827 So. 2d 948 - McLin v. State