Berry v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1999
Citation profile
2
cited by 2 later decisions
1
states following
July 2016
most recently cited
1 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Newburn v. State · 507 So. 2d 898 - Shive v. State · 748 So. 2d 844 - Danner v. State · 652 So. 2d 1126 - State v. Smith
Most-quoted passages
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“A motion for a new trial will be granted when the weight of the evidence is so overwhelming that an unconscionable injustice would result if a new trial is not granted.... In determining whether a jury verdict is against the overwhelming weight of the evidence, this Court must accept as true the evidence presented as supportive of the verdict, and we will disturb a jury verdict only when convinced that the circuit court has abused its discretion in failing to grant a new trial or if the final result will result in an unconscionable injustice....”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Russell v. State
How this case has been treated — in progress
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