727 So. 2d 453 - State v. Davis’s Empirical Analysis

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2 state decisions

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1. “In this case, the State presented evidence that Burr was the closest person to the car when the shots rang out. He was therefore in the best position to view the assailants and in fact may have blocked the view of others at the crime scene. His attention was necessarily directed at the car; he was in fact shot several times. He was certain of his identification at the time he chose the picture of the defendant, and again at trial. He made the identification the same night of the crime. Although the defendant argues that Burr was incapable of making an identification because of his condition at the hospital, all witnesses testified that he had been given no pain medication and that he was in fact coherent at the time he chose the picture of the defendant. There was no evidence presented that the officers coerced him into choosing the picture of the defendant or that they suggested to him that he choose that picture.”

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

2. “Of these only Brown said that any of the perpetrators was wearing a ski mask at the time of the shooting, and he said only that the driver was.”

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