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Jackson v. State

Citations

  • 25 So. 3d 518
  • 34 Fla. L. Weekly Supp. 541
  • 2009 Fla. LEXIS 1577
  • 2009 WL 3029662

How courts have described this case

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  • noting that the “significant time difference” between the crime and the evidence at issue factored into the finding that the evidence was irrelevant
  • repeating general rule that a relevant statement offered for a purpose other than its truth is not hearsay
  • finding witness’s testimony that he went to the police because defendant had threatened to kill him was not hearsay because it was not offered for the truth of the matter asserted
  • “This inquiry [into a witness’s convictions] is generally restricted to the existence of prior convictions and the number of convictions, unless the witness answers untruthfully.”

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Judges: Quince, Pariente, Lewis, Canady, Polston, Labarga, Perry

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