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Kilgore v. State

Citations

  • 688 So. 2d 895
  • 1996 WL 490142

How courts have described this case

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

  • describing fundamental error as error which is \so prejudicial as to vitiate the entire trial\
  • holding standard jury instructions are sufficient to explain premeditation
  • affirming even though the sentencing order included the language that “[t]o sentence Mr. Kilgore to anything but death would be tantamount to giving him a license to kill”
  • “We have held that allegedly improper prosecutorial remarks cannot be appealed unless a contemporaneous objection is recorded.”
  • “Fundamental error has been defined as one that goes to the essence of a fair and impartial trial, error so fundamentally unfair as to amount to a denial of due process.”
  • “Funda-mental error has been defined as one that goes to the essence of a fair and impartial trial, error so fundamentally unfair as to amount to a denial of due process.”

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Judges: Per Curiam

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104 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

Cites

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Other cases named Kilgore v. State

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