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State v. Baird

Citations

  • 572 So. 2d 904
  • 1990 WL 191708

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  • holding that the best practice is to allow an office to State that he or she acted upon a \tip\ or \information received\ without going into the details of the accusatory information
  • holding that the best practice is to allow an office to State that he or she acted upon a \tip\ or \information received\ without going into the details of the accusatory information
  • stating that such testimony is admissible to rebut a defense effort to suggest that the defendant had been improperly targeted for prosecution
  • finding similar error harmless where challenged testimony was only elicited prematurely, rebutted a defense contention, and was not brought to the jury's attention again, and because State relied on properly admitted evidence
  • finding inadmissible as hearsay a police officer’s testimony, during a racketeering trial, that he had received information that the defendant “was a major gambler and operating a major gambling operation”
  • it was error to admit testimony relating information received from informant because the testimony was elicited before State's motive for investigating defendant was put in issue on cross-examination

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Judges: Ehrlich

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