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· 12/6/2022

BENSON J. KINNEY vs STATE OF FLORIDA

How courts have described this case

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  • explaining that \it is no answer to the application of an erroneous standard of law that the evidence is sufficient to support a verdict reached in accordance with the proper standard of law\
  • explaining that “it is no answer to the application of an erroneous standard of law that the evidence is sufficient to support a verdict reached in accordance with the proper standard of law”
  • no difference between judge incorrectly instructing jury as to applicable law and in effect incorrectly instructing himself — in both cases conviction has resulted from application of improper standard of law
  • no difference between judge incorrectly instructing jury as to applicable law and in effect incorrectly instructing himself - in both cases conviction has resulted from application of improper standard of law

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