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Witness testimony can make or break a criminal case, whether it\u2019s jay walking or manslaughter. In a recent case<\/a> out of Florida\u2019s Second District Court of Appeal, the court looked at a supposed jailhouse confession that seemed to exonerate a man who had already been convicted of murder.The defendant was convicted for his alleged role in the killing of another man in Polk County. The victim was staying with his girlfriend and her family in November 2012 when he disappeared. The victim, who left the home after an argument with his girlfriend, was found dead in a nearby orange grove. He had a headshot wound in the back of the head, but police officers did not find a gun and weren\u2019t able to recover any fingerprints from the site.<\/p>\n

The defendant was later charged with the murder. Prosecutors alleged that he killed the victim with the help of the brother of the victim’s girlfriend. A friend of the victim, who was involved in a marijuana dealing operation with him, testified that the defendant told him that the defendant and the brother committed the murder.<\/p>\n

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Witness testimony can make or break a criminal case, whether it\u2019s jay walking or manslaughter. 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