Legal Opinion

Moore v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida

Decided August 6, 1980No. NN-269/T1-70PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

SHARP, Judge.

Moore appeals his conviction of robbery with a firearm. He argues the trial court erred in limiting the cross-examination of two prosecution witnesses, Mainor and Thompson; in denying his presentation of collateral witnesses to impeach the two witnesses’ identification of Moore as a perpetrator of the criminal acts charged; and in curtailing defense counsel’s closing argument to the jury that a police officer pointed Moore out to Mainor and Thompson at a preliminary hearing. We reverse.

The crucial issue in this case was the accuracy of Mainor’s and Thompson’s eyewitness…

2Cases cited10 opinions

  1. Davis v. AlaskaSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
  2. Coxwell v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1978
  3. Jones v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1980
  4. Johnson v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1965
  5. Morrell v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1976

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3Cited by1 opinion

  1. Gamble v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1986

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