{"id":302,"date":"2018-02-02T15:20:40","date_gmt":"2018-02-02T20:20:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.clearwatercriminallawyer.net\/?p=302"},"modified":"2026-01-31T09:07:49","modified_gmt":"2026-01-31T14:07:49","slug":"post-fight-evidence-gets-green-light-florida-battery-case","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.criminalattorneyclearwater.net\/blog\/post-fight-evidence-gets-green-light-florida-battery-case\/","title":{"rendered":"Post-Fight Evidence Gets Green Light in Florida Battery Case"},"content":{"rendered":"

Florida battery and other criminal cases often come largely down to one person\u2019s version of the events against another person\u2019s version. Witness and victim testimony is crucial in these cases. There are, however, a number of evidence rules that may limit the type of testimony that actually gets to a jury. The state\u2019s Fourth District Court of Appeal recently explained<\/a> that evidence about what happens after an alleged crime, for example, may not be relevant to the case. That\u2019s unless the evidence is \u201cinextricably intertwined\u201d to the supposed crime itself.A defendant was charged with battery following an incident in which he allegedly tried to strangle his daughter. The father and daughter were arguing in their home, the court said, when the daughter retreated to her bedroom with her small child. The defendant followed and pushed his daughter onto the bed, according to the court. He then allegedly held his daughter by the throat for about 30 seconds, after another family member took the child. The daughter then left the home and called the police.<\/p>\n

The daughter testified in a deposition that many of her personal belongings were smashed and scattered on the floor when she later returned to the room. Prosecutors introduced that testimony as evidence at trial. Although the defendant’s lawyer argued that the aftermath of the incident was not relevant to the question of whether the battery occurred, a trial judge allowed the deposition testimony to be introduced. The defendant was eventually convicted of battery by strangulation.<\/p>\n

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Florida battery and other criminal cases often come largely down to one person\u2019s version of the events against another person\u2019s version. Witness and victim testimony is crucial in these cases. There are, however, a number of evidence rules that may limit the type of testimony that actually gets to a jury. The state\u2019s Fourth District […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-302","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-violent-crimes"],"yoast_head":"\nSearch Issue: Post Fight Evidence Green Light Battery<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Charged with criminal charges? See how this ruling on post fight gets green may help or hurt your defense in Pinellas County. 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