809 So. 2d 640 - Blocker v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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19 state decisions

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1. “[i]n this situation, several facts were put before the jury that, if believed, would implicate Blocker in the fatal shooting. It is known that one of the alleged victims shot at Blocker the night before [the victims] were shot and that Blocker’s parents were prepared to hide her out of town. An eyewitness declared that the shooter was wearing a white shirt of some type and that the shooter’s hair was “slicked back.” Blocker’s father agreed with this description of Blocker on the night the crimes were committed.”

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

2. “A trial court has great latitude in admission or exclusion of evidence where the question is one of materiality or relevancy, and its decision should only be reversed where this discretion is abused.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 908 So. 2d 163 - Winding v. State

3. “with great caution and suspicion. Where it is uncorroborated it must also be reasonable and not improbable, self-contradictory or substantially impeached.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 937 So. 2d 996 - Pearson v. State