Blue v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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5 state decisions

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1. “[T]his Court finds that Williams's narration "was used only for the purpose of showing the jury exactly what was taking place-an entirely permissible and helpful activity that is to be distinguished from the circumstances where a witness attempts to place his or her own subjective interpretation of events transpiring in the video based on nothing beyond the witness's own inspection of the contents of the videotape." Blue v. State, 825 So.2d 709, 712 (¶ 12) (Miss.Ct. App.2002) (citing Potts v. State, 755 So.2d 521 (¶¶ 13-15) (Miss.Ct.App. 1999)). In Blue , this Court held that "as long as the witness's testimony is confined to matters actually perceived first-hand there can be no improper prejudice to the defendant to permit the witness to relate those observations to the jury, during their view of the tape, in order to help the jury reach a better understanding of what the witness contends is transpiring on the tape of the witness's own personal knowledge."”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. McCoy v. State · Berry v. State

2. “as long as the witness's testimony is confined to matters actually perceived first-hand there can be no improper prejudice to the defendant to permit the witness to relate those observations to the jury, during their view of the tape, in order to help the jury reach a better understanding of what the witness contends is transpiring on the tape of the witness's own personal knowledge.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. McCoy v. State · Berry v. State