THOMAS TERRILL FOSTER, APPELLANT,

v.

STATE OF FLORIDA, APPELLEE

Citator

Cited By (14 total)

• Browne v. State, 132 So. 3d 312 (Fla. 4th DCA 2014)
  …hat she had a motive to fabricate. Thus, the victim’s hearsay statement to the friend was inadmissible as a prior consistent statement. See id. The admission of inadmissible hearsay evidence is subject to harmless error analysis. Peterson v. State, 874 So. 2d 14 (Fla. 4th DCA 2004). The harmless error test “places the burden on the state, as the beneficiary of the error, to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that the error complained of did not contribute to the verdict or, alternatively stated, that there is…
• Carter v. State, 951 So. 2d 939 (Fla. 4th DCA 2007)
  …vide self-corroboration. Its prejudicial effect was then compounded by the fact that it was introduced through a police officer, who is generally regarded as a disinterested, objective, and, therefore, highly credible witness. See Peterson v. State, 874 So. 2d 14, 17-18 (Fla. 4th DCA 2004); Barnes v. State, 576 So. 2d 439 (Fla. 4th DCA 1991). In addition, the prosecutor referred to the victim’s affidavit in closing argument, urging the jury to take it back with them, look at it, and consider whether it is c…
• Lidiano v. State, 967 So. 2d 972 (Fla. 3d DCA 2007)
  …osegui testified that Rodriguez gave a statement consistent with Retureta’s, the detective not only bolstered Retureta’s testimony, but the detective also gave his opinion that the statements of both witnesses were consistent. See Peterson v. State, 874 So. 2d 14 (Fla. 4th DCA 2004) (holding that detective’s testimony that the victim identified appellant as the shooter was inadmissible hearsay and particularly prejudicial because it was offered through a police officer). Justice Scalia recently wrote in Dav…

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Authorities Cited

• Brewer v. State, 413 So. 2d 1217 (Fla. 5th DCA 1982)