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Edwards v. State

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  • 583 So. 2d 740
  • 1991 WL 138134

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  • concluding that police officer's testimony that he recognized defendant in videotape of drug sale was inadmissible because there was no showing that officer had prior knowledge or familiarity with defendant or was qualified as expert in videotape identification
  • concluding that police officer's testimony that he recognized defendant in videotape of drug sale was inadmissible because there was no showing that officer had prior knowledge or familiarity with defendant or was qualified as expert in videotape identification
  • concluding that police officer's testimony that he recognized defendant in videotape of drug sale was inadmissible because there was no showing that officer had prior knowledge or familiarity with defendant or was qualified as expert in videotape identification
  • holding that an officer should not have been allowed to testify that he identified the defendant from a video of a controlled drug buy where it was not established that the officer had any knowledge or familiarity with defendant prior to the controlled buy
  • finding error in allowing police officer to identify defendant in videotape absent predicate establishing familiarity with defendant or qualification as an expert in identification
  • reversing when officer, who employed informant to make controlled videotaped buy from appellant, but who did not witness buy firsthand, testified “he recognized appellant as the person shown on the tape making the sale to” informant

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Judges: Wigginton

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