State v. Wooten’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

6 state decisions

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1. “Defendant was aware of the specifies of the charges on November 15, 1985, when the information was handed down; his merely listing as potential witnesses those persons he wanted to use as alibi witnesses could not be expected to apprise the State of his intent to use an alibi defense. The failure to admit the testimony would be an abuse of discretion if it resulted in fundamental unfairness to defendant. Harris, 664 S.W.2d at 680-81 ; State v. Gooch, 659 S.W.2d 342, 343 [1] (Mo.App.1983). In Gooch the court found the exclusion of corroborating alibi testimony to be an abuse of discretion where defendant testified he was with his wife at the time of the crime and defendant’s wife was not allowed to corroborate that testimony. The rationale behind the decision in Gooch was that because of the court’s ruling defendant was in a worse position than if he had not testified. That rationale does not apply to this case. No reasonable justification was given for the failure to disclose the alibi. The sanction is among those allowed by Rule 25.16, and defendant has not demonstrated fundamental unfairness resulted from the sanction. There was no abuse of discretion.”

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