Harris v. State

How courts have described this case

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

• recognizing it to be fundamental that trial court should give a complete and accurate instruction so as not to negate the defendant's theory of defense
• instructing that the trial court should give a complete and accurate instruction so as not to negate the defendant’s theory of self-defense
• holding that the prosecutor exceeded acceptable limits in responding to defense counsel's argument of bad-faith prosecution by arguing to the jury her personal opinion that information must be believed because it had been sworn to as being filed in good faith by the prosecution
• also recognizing that it is fundamental to give a complete and accurate instruction in order not to negate the theory of defense
• “Unless the evidence in the record unmistakably supports only the State’s theory, that the defendant’s act was voluntary, the trial court is obligated to instruct the jury on, and define, culpable negligence.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

6 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Giles v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2002-12-18· cited 81×
• Worden v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1992-07-17· cited 17×
• Cartwright v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2004-11-03· cited 13×
• Hall v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2012-04-11· cited 6×
• Fana v. Secretary, DOC
  M.D. Florida· 2014-03-17· cited 1×
• Barriffe v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2012-11-13

Cites

3 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Cummings v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1982-04-14· cited 37×
• Alejo v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1986-02-14· cited 27×
• Reed v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1988-09-01· cited 8×