Supreme Court of Florida· 11/15/2012

Jackson v. State

Citations

107 So. 3d 328
37 Fla. L. Weekly Supp. 683
2012 WL 5514937
2012 Fla. LEXIS 2355

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holding that the trial court should have excluded a lengthy video of Appellant’s interview with investigators in which the investigators repeatedly expressed their certainty about Appellant’s guilt and spoke highly of the victim
recognizing that “[g]enerally, a witness’ opinion as to the credibility, guilt, or innocence of the accused is inadmissible,” and “it is especially troublesome when a jury is repeatedly exposed to an interrogating officer’s opinion regarding the guilt or innocence of the accused”
finding reversible error where State introduced videotape of defendant’s interrogation, in which officers repeatedly expressed their personal opinions about defendant’s guilt
reversing for new trial due to admission of police interview footage that included statements of officers “expressing their conviction in Jackson’s guilt”
“It is especially harmful for a police witness to give his opinion of a [witness’s] credibility because of the great weight afforded an officer’s testimony.”

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

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