Barnes v. State

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• holding prosecutor improperly personally attacked defense counsel where he referred to testimony of former defense counsel as \the mercenary actions of a hired gun\
• \[the] highly improper argument of the prosecutor affected the jury in its deliberations in spite of a sustained objection and the curative instruction.\
• “[S]ection 27.02 plainly limits a State Attorney’s authority to represent the state to criminal prosecutions in the county and circuit courts within the judicial circuit in which the State Attorney holds office.”
• “[S]ection 27.02 plainly limits a State Attorney’s authority to represent the state to criminal prosecutions in the county and circuit courts within the judicial circuit in which the State Attorney holds office.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

19 cases in this archive cite this case.

• State v. Crum
  Supreme Court of Kansas· 2008-05-16· cited 49×
• Reed v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2001-05-01· cited 26×
• D'Ambrosio v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1999-05-28· cited 21×
• Brazill v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2003-05-14· cited 16×
• Lewis v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2001-01-24· cited 15×
• Cardenas v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2002-05-07· cited 15×
• Bush v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2002-03-06· cited 12×
• Leveritt v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2002-05-07· cited 12×
• Gonzalez v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2001-05-10· cited 11×
• Goodman v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2001-12-19· cited 8×
• Adams v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2002-11-20· cited 7×
• Thornton v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2003-08-20· cited 6×
• Jones v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2000-06-21· cited 6×
• Berkowitz v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1999-08-25· cited 4×
• Brighton v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2014-04-16· cited 4×
• Jones v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2001-01-31· cited 2×
• Albert Mears v. State of Florida
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2016-01-20· cited 1×
• Leveritt v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2006-02-09· cited 1×
• State of Florida v. Peter Washington, Jr.
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2025-02-21

Cites

61 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• State v. Delva
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1991-02-21· cited 308×
• State v. Johnson
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1993-01-14· cited 239×
• Aldridge v. United States District Court
  Supreme Court· 1994-12-05· cited 200×
• Bertolotti v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1985-08-15· cited 198×
• Kilgore v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1996-08-29· cited 114×
• Ruiz v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1999-04-01· cited 108×
• Unruh v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1996-03-07· cited 85×
• Pait v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1959-03-11· cited 83×
• Rhodes v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1989-07-06· cited 83×
• Ryan v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1984-09-19· cited 55×
• Peterson v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1979-12-05· cited 53×
• Thompson v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1975-08-22· cited 39×
• Stewart v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1951-04-03· cited 37×
• State v. Ashley
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1997-10-30· cited 36×
• Hufham v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1981-06-17· cited 34×
• Landry v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1993-06-30· cited 34×
• State Ex Rel. Jaytex Realty Co. v. Green
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1958-10-02· cited 34×
• Whipple v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1983-03-09· cited 26×
• Sullivan v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1996-06-05· cited 25×
• State v. Donaldson
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1991-05-09· cited 24×