Denson v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

5 state decisions

Most-quoted passages

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1. “[A] cautionary instruction is not absolutely required in every case involving the testimony of a [confidential informant], even when there is evidence of potential bias on the part of that witness in favor of the State; especially where the testimony of the witness finds corroboration in other evidence. In the case now before us, there was substantial evidence presented by the State, including an audiotape of the transaction, that corroborated much of the witness’s testimony, and we are satisfied that the court did not err when it refused the above-quoted instruction.”

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

2. “The Court instructs the jury that the law looks with suspicion and distrust on the testimony of an alleged accomplice or informant, and requires the jury to [weigh] that testimony with great care and suspicion. You should [weigh] the testimony from an alleged accomplice or informant, and passing on what weight, if any, you should give this testimony, you should [weigh] it with great care and caution, and look upon it with distrust and suspicion.”

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

3. “Moore deals strictly with the limited subject of uncorroborated testimony of jailhouse snitches. . . .”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 926 So. 2d 246 - Johnson v. State