Berry v. State’s Empirical Analysis
2003
Citation profile
5
cited by 5 later decisions
1
states following
April 2017
most recently cited
5 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on McClain v. State · 503 So. 2d 803 - Wetz v. State · 681 So. 2d 521 - Hoops v. State · 592 So. 2d 114 - Hansen v. State · 616 So. 2d 298 - Noe v. State
Most-quoted passages
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“[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."”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. McCoy v. State“[t]he court instructs the jury that a reasonable doubt may arise from the whole of the evidence, the conflict of the evidence, the lack of evidence, [or] the insufficiency of the evidence, but however it arises, if it arises, it is your sworn duty to find the Defendant 'not guilty.'”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“The jury received a plethora of instructions concerning reasonable doubt. The jury had been fully informed that before it could return a verdict of guilty it had to believe beyond a reasonable doubt that [the defendant] was guilty.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Lett v. State
How this case has been treated — in progress
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