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Brooks v. State

Citations

  • 787 So. 2d 765
  • 2001 WL 326683

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  • noting that “statements of intent can ordinarily be used to 4 prove the subsequent acts of the declarant, not a defendant”
  • explaining that a victim’s state of mind may be relevant to: (1) an element of the crime; (2) an issue in the case where defendant claims self-defense, that the victim committed suicide, or the victim’s death was accidental; or (3) when used to rebut a defense raised by defendant
  • five autopsy photographs were relevant to the medical examiner's determination as to the manner of the victim's death
  • \[T]he victim's state of mind may become relevant to an issue in the case where the defendant claims: (1) self- defense; [or] (2) that the victim committed suicide . . . .\ (quoting Woods v. State, 733 So. 2d 980, 987–88 (Fla. 1999))

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Judges: Per Curiam

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