856 So. 2d 654 - Friley v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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4 state decisions

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1. “no reason or legal authority to allow this lesser offense instruction. The prosecutor and the trial court confused the jury by allowing them to consider an erroneous instruction. We find that to allow Friley to be convicted of a crime for which he was never charged would create an injustice.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 872 So. 2d 724 - Dupuis v. State

2. “There was definitely an objection. The objection was clear that counsel believed the new offense had not earlier been part of the case, . . . which is effectively stating that the new crime was not included in the indicted offense.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
   e.g. 879 So. 2d 1031 - Friley v. State

3. “A person is guilty of sexual battery if he or she engages in sexual penetration with ... [a]nother person without his or her consent... or [a] child under the age of fourteen (14) years.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 879 So. 2d 1031 - Friley v. State