Gast v. Mak Enterprises of Gainesville

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• confrontation clause violation not harmless where improperly admitted testimony formed basis of jury’s conviction and had it not been credited, jury would not have been able to convict
• exclusion of evidence bearing on motivation of state’s chief witness, when no other evi- dence corroborated material aspects of witness’ testi- mony, was harmful error
• exclusion of extrinsic evidence impeaching key witness's motive, bias, and interest violated defendant's confrontation rights
• exclusion of extrinsic evidence impeaching key witness's motive, bias, and interest violated defendant's confrontation rights
• ‘‘[t]he exclusion of evidence bearing on the motivation of a chief witness for the state, particularly when no other evidence corroborated material aspects of the witness’ testimony, is harmful error’’

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