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Mosley v. State

Citations

  • 739 So. 2d 672
  • 1999 WL 641813

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  • holding that in order to be guilty of obstructing or resisting an officer, the defendant must know of the officer's intent to detain or arrest him
  • explaining that the \opening the door\ concept allows the cross-examination to reveal the whole story of a transaction only partly explained in direct examination
  • explaining that the opposing party may produce the certified copies, but that it must stop its inquiry at that point
  • collecting cases where a witness was impeached after minimizing his criminal past
  • permissible for state to cross-examine defendant about specifics of prior criminal record concerning drug use and drug dealing when defendant claimed he did not use or know about cocaine
  • defendant’s testimony he did not use drugs or deal drugs opened the door for the State to question defendant regarding his prior convictions for delivery of cocaine, possession of cocaine, possession of cocaine with intent to deliver, and tampering with evidence (cocaine)

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Judges: Schack

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