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Florida Supreme Court Clarifies Harmless Error Test

Loaded on May 15, 2011

Filed under: Witnesses, Sentencing, Habeas Corpus. Location: Florida.

Florida’s Supreme Court has held that when applying the harmless error analysis, it is not an “overwhelming evidence test.” The focus of the test is “the effect of the error on the trier of fact. The question is whether there is a reasonable possibility that the error affected the verdict.” ...

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