Court Opinion

ID: 9735503
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-26 18:19:39.542085+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:26:59.360663
License: Public Domain

Mr. JUSTICE DAVIS dissenting: I reluctantly dissent from the majority opinion relative to the effect of the admission of incompetent testimony of the police officer and the aunt of the prosecuting witness. The trial judge in this case, the senior judge of the 16th Judicial Circuit, heard the case without a jury. There is no proof in the record that he was misled or improperly influenced by this evidence, or that it was productive of a judgment against, and a sentence of, an innocent person. The presumption that the trial judge disregarded all evidence except that which was competent and relevant has not been overcome. Therefore, I would affirm.