Smith v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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1 state decisions

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1. “a defendant offering no testimony in his or her own behalf, except the defendant's own, shall be entitled to the concluding argument before the jury.” See Van Poyck v. State, 694 So.2d 686, 697 (Fla.1997) (defense counsel clearly had tactical reasons for limiting his presentation of evidence, it was”

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