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Pierce v. State

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  • 718 So. 2d 806
  • 1997 WL 227452

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  • holding that double jeopardy prohibited convicting defendant of both causing death while driving with suspended license and vehicular homicide
  • reasoning that an animation is a new form of expression, not a scientific or experimental test, and is not governed by Frye
  • noting that the AutoCAD computer program is “established as accepted in the engineering field as one of the leading CAD (computer-aided design) programs in the world”
  • finding no abuse of discretion in admission of computer-generated animation of accident where no blood was shown, no sound was replicated, and mannequins used in demonstration had no facial expressions
  • The foundation for admission of a computer-generated animation must include specific physical measurements from the scene and testimony as to what software, process and data were used.
  • visual exhibit held not to be unfairly prejudicial since “[ajlthough evidence in this case indicated a bloody scene with screaming victims, the computer animation videotape demonstrated no blood and... the mannequins used in the computer animation videotape depicted no facial expressions”

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Judges: Brown

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