Bell 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 it is impermissible to comment on a defendant’s failure to testify or mount a defense
• prosecutor did not overstep in urging jury to “hold the defendant responsible for the crimes he committed and . . . reflect so in your verdict of guilty as charged”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

18 cases in this archive cite this case.

• State of West Virginia v. Gary Lee Rollins
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 2014-06-17· cited 26×
• Beckman v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2017-09-06· cited 21×
• Leo Louis Kaczmar, III v. State of Florida
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2017-01-31· cited 20×
• Augustine v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2014-05-14· cited 9×
• Sampson v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2017-03-15· cited 6×
• Jon Paul Hogle v. State of Florida
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2018-06-18· cited 6×
• Robinson v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2017-01-04· cited 4×
• State of WV Ex Rel Eric W. Lewis v. The Honorable Kurt W. Hall and David Godwin
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 2019-03-08· cited 3×
• State v. Revenel
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2016-02-03· cited 1×
• George v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2018-07-05· cited 1×
• Rodriguez v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2017-10-25
• Bentley v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2017-12-13
• Todd Payne v. State of Florida
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2017-12-20
• Ernest L. Grandison v. State of Florida
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2019-02-27
• Edwards v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2014-07-28
• Markquise Deshawn Wallace v. State of Florida
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2021-09-02
• Thomas Pannier v. State of Florida
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2024-04-10
• Kimble v. State of Florida
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2025-04-02

Cites

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

• Rodriguez v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2000-02-03· cited 222×
• Joiner v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1993-05-13· cited 167×
• Jackson v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1991-01-18· cited 152×
• Harrell v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2005-02-10· cited 120×
• Rodriguez v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2006-01-19· cited 118×
• Card v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2001-10-11· cited 117×
• Aills v. Boemi
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2010-02-25· cited 115×
• Pope v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1996-06-13· cited 105×
• State v. Marshall
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1985-08-30· cited 78×
• Dufour v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1986-09-04· cited 68×
• Stano v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1985-07-11· cited 65×
• Evans v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2002-11-14· cited 54×
• Wade v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2010-05-06· cited 48×
• Poole v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2008-12-11· cited 42×
• Scott v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2011-06-30· cited 39×
• Shelton v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1995-05-31· cited 26×
• Mendoza v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2007-05-24· cited 24×
• Dicks v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1922-06-12· cited 14×
• Smith v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1971-10-19· cited 12×
• Smith v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1978-05-09· cited 7×