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Supreme Court of Florida· 3/17/1998

Jones v. State

Citations

  • 709 So. 2d 512
  • 1998 WL 114500

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  • holding that a trial court, in evaluating a newly discovered evidence claim, \may consider both the length of the delay and the reason the witness failed to come forward sooner\
  • concluding that newly discovered evidence and Brady material linking someone other than the defendant to the murder did not \weaken[] the case against [the defendant] so as to give rise to a reasonable doubt as to his culpability\
  • noting that once the trial court determines the evidence's admissibility, it must evaluate the weight of the evidence by determining \whether the evidence goes to the merits of the case or whether it constitutes impeachment evidence\
  • noting that Chambers was “limited to its facts due to the peculiarities of Mississippi evidence law which did not recognize a hearsay exception for declarations against penal interest.”
  • noting that that the “Supreme Court stated in Chambers that it was establishing no new standards of constitutional law, nor was it diminishing the authority of the states over their own trial rules”
  • noting that that the “Supreme Court stated in Chambers that it was establishing no new standards of constitutional law, nor was it diminishing the authority of the states over their own trial rules”

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Judges: Per Curiam

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