Jackson 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 explaining why the jury should believe a witness is not an improper personal opinion about the credibility of the witness as long as the prosecutor does not suggest that she has reasons to believe the witness that were not presented to the jury
• reasoning that the prosecutor did not impermissibly vouch for the witness where the prosecutor did not say that the prosecutor believed the witness testified truthfully or otherwise interject her personal opinion
• stating that “it is improper for an attorney to express a personal opinion as to the credibility of a witness” but that “an attorney is allowed . . . to argue credibility of witnesses or any other relevant issue so long as the argument is based on the evidence.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

20 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Leo C. Bettey Jr. v. State of Florida
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2018-04-18· cited 6×
• Ayalavillamizar v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2014-02-12· cited 6×
• DESMOND EUGENE OWENS v. STATE OF FLORIDA
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2018-12-19· cited 4×
• Norman J. Thompson v. State of Florida
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2019-04-22· cited 3×
• Becker v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2013-03-06· cited 3×
• JOSEPH PIERRE v. STATE OF FLORIDA
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2018-05-16· cited 2×
• Datilus v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2013-10-23· cited 2×
• Whigham v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2012-09-06· cited 2×
• Sweeting v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2018-12-12· cited 1×
• JOHNTAVIUS GOODEN v. STATE OF FLORIDA
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2019-03-13· cited 1×
• DAVID WEINGRAD v. STATE OF FLORIDA
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2017-09-27
• Dontae R. Morris v. State of Florida
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2018-01-11
• Kevin Lee Elliott v. State of Florida
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2019-02-27
• GUSTAVO ENAMORADO DUBON v. STATE OF FLORIDA
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2020-04-22
• Tina Lasonya Brown v. State of Florida & Tina Lasonya Brown v. Mark S. Inch, etc.
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2020-08-27
• JONATHAN NUNEZ GONZALEZ v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2020-11-12
• DeJesus v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2013-06-05
• JUSTICE MICHAEL GURROLA vs STATE OF FLORIDA
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2023-09-08
• ANDREWS v. STATE OF FLORIDA
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2024-05-15
• Nisbany Surit-Garcias v. State of Florida
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2024-07-10

Cites

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

• United States v. Lavern Hankey, AKA Poo, Opinion
  Ninth Circuit· 2000-02-18· cited 496×
• Craig v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1987-05-28· cited 145×
• Miller v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2006-03-23· cited 74×
• United States v. Rivas
  Third Circuit· 2007-06-26· cited 74×
• Knowles v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1993-12-16· cited 58×
• People v. Martinez
  California Court of Appeal· 2003-11-17· cited 55×
• Lowder v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1991-10-08· cited 51×
• Hooper v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1985-08-15· cited 43×
• Lawhorne v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1986-12-30· cited 39×
• Edge v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2002-07-11· cited 36×
• Dean v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1997-04-02· cited 34×
• Beneby v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1978-01-04· cited 33×
• Powell v. State
  Indiana Supreme Court· 1999-07-20· cited 30×
• Knoizen v. Bruegger
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1998-07-10· cited 20×
• Wheeler v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1997-04-02· cited 18×
• Flowers v. State
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 2004-08-31· cited 18×
• State v. Ramos
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1991-05-15· cited 16×
• Cartwright v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2004-11-03· cited 13×
• Johnson v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1990-04-18· cited 13×
• People v. Skinner
  Colorado Court of Appeals· 2002-01-03· cited 13×