DeFreitas v. State

How courts have described this case

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

• concluding that comparison of case to O.J. Simpson case “coupled with reference to [defendant] as a stalker, possessive ex-boyfriend who disapproved of his ex-girlfriend’s friends” violated rule against inflammatory argument
• concluding that prosecutorial misconduct, “deprived the defendant of a fair trial in this otherwise close case” and observing that “said conduct may very well have tipped the scales in favor of the State.”
• concluding that prosecutorial misconduct, \deprived the defendant of a fair trial in this otherwise close case\ and observing that \said conduct may very well have tipped the scales in favor of the State.\
• new trial required where numerous acts of prosecutorial misconduct were of such a nature and character that the cumulative and collective effect rose to the level of fundamental error
• prosecutor must seek justice \with the circumspection and dignity the occasion calls for\
• improper to compare the defendant’s facts to specific facts in the O.J. Simpson case

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Cited by

19 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Barnes v. Commonwealth
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 2002-12-19· cited 66×
• Capron v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2007-02-16· cited 27×
• D'Ambrosio v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1999-05-28· cited 21×
• Freeman v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1998-08-21· cited 18×
• The Florida Bar v. Cox
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2001-05-17· cited 15×
• Linic v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2012-02-08· cited 10×
• Robertson v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2001-03-28· cited 9×
• Mogavero v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1999-08-25· cited 9×
• Perdomo v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2002-10-09· cited 7×
• Stephenson v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2010-03-03· cited 6×
• R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. v. Diane Schleider, Etc.
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2018-12-26· cited 5×
• Fenster v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2006-11-29· cited 5×
• Geske v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2000-10-27· cited 4×
• Robertson v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2000-04-12· cited 3×
• Brown v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2001-05-18· cited 3×
• State v. McMillan
  Court of Appeals of Kansas· 2010-11-12· cited 2×
• United States v. Andrews
  Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces· 2018-05-22
• Parsonson v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1999-09-29
• Juan Ramon Nava v. State of Florida
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2024-02-21

Cites

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

• Berger v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1935-04-15· cited 4,581×
• Michelson v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1949-02-14· cited 1,808×
• Castor v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1978-12-19· cited 419×
• State v. Johnson
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1993-01-14· cited 239×
• Sanford v. Rubin
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1970-07-01· cited 197×
• Straight v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1981-03-19· cited 174×
• Czubak v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1990-11-08· cited 132×
• James M. O'ReaR v. Fruehauf Corporation, Defendant-Third-Party Fruehauf Distributing Company v. G. G. Espinoza, Third Party
  Third Circuit· 1977-06-27· cited 128×
• Tyus v. Apalachicola Northern Railroad Company
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1961-05-17· cited 87×
• Rhodes v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1989-07-06· cited 83×
• Bozeman v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1997-09-03· cited 66×
• Cornelius v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1950-12-12· cited 64×
• Akin v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1923-12-20· cited 63×
• Ryan v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1984-09-19· cited 55×
• United States v. Arthur Thomas Nixon, David L. Snoddy and Donald E. Gilbreth, Defendant
  Fifth Circuit· 1985-12-02· cited 53×
• Peterson v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1979-12-05· cited 53×
• Pacifico v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1994-09-29· cited 51×
• Hagan v. Sun Bank of Mid-Florida
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1996-01-19· cited 46×
• LeRetilley v. Harris
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1978-01-04· cited 46×
• Walt Disney World Co. v. Blalock
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1994-07-01· cited 33×

Other cases named DeFreitas v. State

1 other CourtListener record shares this case name.

• DeFreitas v. State
  Hawaii Intermediate Court of Appeals· 2017-06-28