Bartlett 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 that it was error to allow the detective to testify that he had ruled out the possibility that the defendant had acted in self-defense
• holding that the state was unable to meet its burden to show harmless error when an officer gave opinion testimony as to the existence of self-defense
• explaining “the mere fact that [a statute] required the investigator(s) to determine whether ‘there is probable cause that the force that was used was unlawful’ does not automatically bootstrap this information into admissible evidence”
• witness testified to there being a substance that appeared to be blood on one of two knives
• “Because the State has not met its burden under DiGuilio to show harmless error, we are constrained to REVERSE the conviction and sentence and REMAND for a new trial.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

8 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Bolin v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2010-07-01· cited 82×
• Orando Ricardo Thompson v. State of Florida
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2018-10-15· cited 7×
• Joyner v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2009-02-24· cited 2×
• State v. Westmoreland
  Court of Appeals of South Carolina· 2017-07-12· cited 2×
• Heare v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2016-11-18· cited 1×
• JOEL HUNT v. STATE OF FLORIDA
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2019-11-20
• Corey Stephen Smith v. State of Florida
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2025-06-27
• Camden James Stukins v. State of Florida
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2025-08-13

Cites

18 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• State v. DiGuilio
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1986-07-17· cited 2,703×
• Floyd v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1990-09-13· cited 117×
• Martinez v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2000-06-15· cited 97×
• Johnson v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1995-07-13· cited 79×
• Nardone v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2001-11-07· cited 75×
• Cardenas v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2004-02-26· cited 26×
• Fino v. Nodine
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1995-01-18· cited 22×
• Crain v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2005-11-18· cited 22×
• Council v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1997-04-23· cited 17×
• Essex v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2005-12-21· cited 10×
• Slocum v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2000-05-10· cited 10×
• Blue Grass Shows, Inc. v. Collins
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1993-02-19· cited 9×
• Thomas v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2002-11-20· cited 7×
• Sosa-Valdez v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2001-05-02· cited 5×
• Somerville v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1993-11-12· cited 5×
• Kolp v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2006-07-19· cited 3×
• Miller v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2006-07-19· cited 3×
• State v. Heckman
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2007-12-07· cited 2×