Annotations, Discussions, Cases:
Cases Citing Statute 90.611
Total Results: 4
862 So. 2d 60, 2003 WL 22399671
District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Oct 22, 2003 | Docket: 1762482
Cited 3 times | Published
...ld allow this testimony because it demonstrated that the victim did not have the ability to perceive the difference between fantasy and reality. [1] The trial court did not abuse its discretion by refusing to allow the cross-examination, pursuant to section 90.611, Florida Statutes. Section 90.611 states that "[e]vidence of the beliefs or opinions of a witness on matters of religion is inadmissible to show that the witness's credibility is impaired or enhanced thereby." The appellant's stated purpose in introducing this testimon...
...y would find the victim's experiences and practices so unusual that it would consider them "fantasy," thereby impairing the victim's credibility. Even though appellant considered seeing Jesus to be so unconventional or unusual so as to be "fantasy," section 90.611 does not permit evidence to be admitted that discloses the witness's practice of "unconventional or unusual religion." See Charles W....
...NOTES [1] On appeal, appellant argues that the trial court erred by refusing to allow the statement that the victim saw Jesus standing in the room, but does not raise the exclusion of the other statements as error. [2] Federal Rule of Evidence 610 is virtually the same as section 90.611....
746 So. 2d 1134, 1999 WL 960859
District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Oct 22, 1999 | Docket: 1360332
Cited 2 times | Published
...In support of this petition, Dr. Colbert argues that in a civil lawsuit an individual should not be forced to disclose his personal religious beliefs and practices, claiming that such disclosure would violate a fundamental privacy right. Dr. Colbert cites section 90.611, Florida Statutes (1997), which states that "[e]vidence of the beliefs or opinions of a witness on matters of religion is inadmissible to show that the witness's credibility is impaired or enhanced thereby." Dr. Colbert is correct in his assertion that section 90.611, Florida Statutes (1997), excludes from evidence the religious beliefs of a witness when such evidence is offered to either enhance or impeach the witness's credibility....
Supreme Court of Florida | Filed: Nov 17, 2022 | Docket: 65761625
Published
Wright’s reference to having prayed violated section 90.611, Florida Statutes (2019). Sievers now argues
575 So. 2d 322, 1991 WL 4309
District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Mar 6, 1991 | Docket: 64656625
Published
evidence comes close to being inadmissible under section 90.611, Florida Statutes, and that it could have had
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