Knowles v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

19 state decisions

Most-quoted passages

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1. “The [harmless error] test is not a sufficiency-of-the-evidence, a correct result, a not clearly wrong, a substantial evidence, a more probable than not, a clear and convincing, or even an overwhelming evidence test. Harmless error is not a device for the appellate court to substitute itself for the trier-of-fact by simply weighing the evidence. The focus is on the effect of the error on the trier-of-fact. The question is whether there is a reasonable possibility that the error affected the verdict.”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the dissent
   e.g. A.K. v. State · 973 So. 2d 543 - Sellers v. State

2. “[T]he DiGuilio standard of harmless error remains the applicable analysis to be employed in determining whether the error requires a reversal on direct appeal.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissent
   e.g. Francisco Rodriguez v. State of Florida

3. “the admission of testimony in violation of a defendant's attorney-client privilege and privilege against self-incrimination creates a high probability of harm.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissent
   e.g. 864 So. 2d 1262 - Knowles v. State