McFadden v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1999
Citation profile
4 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 461 So. 2d 109 - Ruffin v. Wainwright · 458 So. 2d 269 - Florida Bar v. Johnson · McCray v. Florida · 395 So. 2d 1145 - McCrae v. State · 569 So. 2d 1273 - First Fidelity Bank, N.A., New Jersey v. District Court of Appeal, Fourth District
Most-quoted passages
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“90.610. Conviction of certain crimes as impeachment (1) A party may attack the credibility of any witness, including an accused, by evidence that the witness has been convicted of a crime if the crime was punishable by death or imprisonment in excess of 1 year under the law under which the witness was convicted, or if the crime involved dishonesty or a false statement regardless of the punishment....”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“there should have been no reference whatever to the previous case because withholding adjudication simply does not result in the defendant's having been `convicted' of an offense as is required to impeach a witness under section 90.610(1), Florida Statutes (1997).”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“recognize[d] that there is Florida authority which points in the opposite direction,”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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