Navigation “Knowing that this testimony could evoke sympathy in the minds of the jurors, experienced trial lawyers used these improper and highly prejudicial statements to paint a detailed picture—one that graphically illustrated two independent, emotional conversations between a dying mother and her loving sons,” Third District Court of Appeal Judge Monica Gordo held in the opinion. […]
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