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Gibson v. State

Citations

  • 661 So. 2d 288
  • 1995 WL 582212

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  • denying claim that defendant's right to be present at bench conferences at which challenges for cause were made by his counsel had been violated and noting, in apparent dicta, that \no objection to the court's procedure was ever made\
  • “Our evidence code liberally permits the introduction of evidence to show the bias or motive of a witness [in testifying].”
  • “Our evidence code liberally permits the introduction of evidence to show the bias or motive of a witness.”
  • \Inherent within this right is a defendant's right to expose a witness's motivation in testifying because it is `the principal means by which the believability of a witness and the truth of his testimony are tested.'\
  • “We further recognize that a defendant’s right to cross- examine witnesses is secured by the Sixth Amendment to the United States 1 In Florida, a criminal defendant’s right to cross-examine witnesses is also secured by Article 1, Section 16(a

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Judges: Per Curiam

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