771 So. 2d 984 - Garth v. State’s Empirical Analysis
2000
Citation profile
4
cited by 4 later decisions
1
states following
May 2015
most recently cited
4 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Barnes v. State · Weathersby v. State · Heidel v. State · 471 So. 2d 332 - Cabello v. State · 493 So. 2d 365 - Harveston v. State
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“The Weathersby rule serves as a restatement of the conventional standard of review of a criminal trial court’s refusal to direct a verdict of acquittal, that if the defendant and his witnesses are the only witnesses to the homicide and if their version of what happened is both reasonable and consistent with innocence and if, further, there is no contradiction of that version in the physical facts, facts of common knowledge or other credible evidence, then surely it follows that no reasonable juror could find the defendant guilty beyond á reasonable doubt. However, if there are circumstances shown in the evidence which materially contradict the defendant’s version of self-defense, the jury is not required to accept his version, but may in determining guilt or innocence consider his version of self-defense along with conflicting evidence and any unfavorable inferences therefrom.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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