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· 3/12/2024

EARL E. JOHNSTON v. STATE OF FLORIDA

How courts have described this case

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  • holding the opposite for merely possessing – never brandishing – a toy gun in an attempted bank robbery
  • observing that “possession of a toy gun, by itself, can play an integral part in the crime”
  • “A juror is free to dis- believe the proffered testimony based on its lack of detail and cor- roboration; however, this does not mean that there is not sufficient evidence for a reasonable juror to find that the defendant could have indeed committed the offense.”

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