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Overton v. State

Citations

  • 801 So. 2d 877
  • 2001 WL 1044890

How courts have described this case

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  • agreeing that the State is permitted to fill in the gaps in the testimony to correct a false impression left by the defendant
  • finding error in denying cause challenge to one juror who emphatically believed that the defendant’s failure to testify indicated guilt
  • discussing evidentiary principle of \opening the door\, premised on notions of fairness and truth-seeking function of a trial
  • finding error in denying cause challenge to one juror who emphatically believed that the defendant’s failure to testify indicated guilt
  • \[T]he defense failed to produce a scintilla of evidence that Detective Visco planted the seminal fluids.\
  • “[T]he defense failed to produce a scintilla of evidence that Detective Visco planted the seminal fluids.”

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Judges: Per Curiam

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