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State v. Moore

Citations

  • 485 So. 2d 1279
  • 11 Fla. L. Weekly 157

How courts have described this case

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  • finding that the risk of convicting an innocent person is too great where a prior inconsistent statement was sole substantive evidence
  • prior inconsistent statements of two witnesses at grand jury, recanted in sworn depositions alone insufficient
  • “[T]he risk of convicting an innocent accused is simply too great when the conviction is based entirely on prior inconsistent statements.”
  • ―[T]he risk of convicting an innocent accused is simply too great when the conviction is based entirely on prior inconsistent statements.‖

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Judges: Shaw

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