743 So. 2d 985 - Carter v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1999
Citation profile
7
cited by 7 later decisions
1
states following
August 2007
most recently cited
7 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on McClain v. State · 503 So. 2d 803 - Wetz v. State · 440 So. 2d 297 - Groseclose v. State · 691 So. 2d 948 - Herring v. State · 460 So. 2d 778 - May v. State
Most-quoted passages
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“The fact that the prosecution's eyewitness had some drug and alcohol problems and that one of them was drunk at the time of the shooting does not render them incompetent per se. The general trend is to reject rigid rules of incompetence in favor of admitting the testimony and allowing the triers of fact judge the weight to be given such evidence. See e.g., United States v. Blankenship, 923 F.2d 1110 (5th Cir.1991); United States v. Killian, 524 F.2d 1268, 1275 (5th Cir.1975) (trial court did not abuse discretion in allowing witness to testify despite contention that he was a heavy user of drugs and suffered time to time from hallucinations); White v. State, 403 So.2d 331 (Fla.1981); People v. Burgos, 243 Ill.App.3d 993 , 184 Ill. Dec. 858 , 614 N.E.2d 59, 63 (1993) (eyewitness testimony of witness in murder case was not unworthy of belief even though witness admitted that he had drunk beer on the night of incident and he and defendant were seeking to purchase marijuana at time of crime); State v. Johnson, 714 S.W.2d 752 (Mo.App. 1986) (not error to allow eyewitness to testify even though he admitted to habitual drug use including lots of cocaine prior to killing); State v. Hubbard, 601 P.2d 929 (Utah 1979).”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“Only when the verdict is so contrary to the overwhelming weight of the evidence that to allow it to stand would sanction an unconscionable injustice will this Court disturb it on appeal.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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