King v. State

How courts have described this case

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

• “Decisional law demonstrates that tool- mark identification in the context of ballistics has been used in the criminal context since at least 1929, and in Florida since at least 1937.” (citations omitted)
• “A trial court’s decision to allow a peremptory strike of a juror is based primarily on an assessment of credibility and, therefore, that decision will be affirmed unless it is clearly erroneous.”
• “[Q]uestions asked during cross-examination must have a good-faith basis.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

19 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Tavares David Calloway v. State of Florida
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2017-01-26· cited 33×
• Foster v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2013-10-17· cited 28×
• Mark Anthony Poole v. State of Florida
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2014-06-26· cited 20×
• Emilia L. Carr v. State of Florida
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2015-02-05· cited 18×
• Craig Alan Wall, Sr. v. State of Florida
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2018-02-22· cited 18×
• Michael L. King v. State of Florida
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2017-01-26· cited 15×
• Spencer v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2016-03-18· cited 7×
• Tomas v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2012-05-09· cited 5×
• Amaro v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2019-05-24· cited 1×
• Bentley v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2017-12-13
• Michael A. Gordon v. State of Florida
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2022-09-01
• LEANTHONY SMITH v. THE STATE OF FLORIDA
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2022-11-23
• MARK GORDAN v. THE STATE OF FLORIDA
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2023-03-22
• State of Florida v. Christopher Russell Hubbs
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2023-12-06
• Philip Jude Moran v. State of Florida
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2024-04-10
• Ana Karen Galdamez v. The State of Florida
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2024-07-17
• Bryan Schwarz v. State of Florida
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2025-04-16
• Michael L. King v. State of Florida
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2026-03-10
• Marvin Mesamours v. State of Florida
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2026-05-27

Cites

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

• Frye v. United States
  D.C. Circuit· 1923-12-03· cited 4,204×
• California v. Trombetta
  Supreme Court· 1984-06-11· cited 3,405×
• Crane v. Kentucky
  Supreme Court· 1986-06-09· cited 2,651×
• Holmes v. South Carolina
  Supreme Court· 2006-05-01· cited 1,409×
• Williams v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1959-03-25· cited 1,148×
• Spencer v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1993-03-18· cited 539×
• Steinhorst v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1982-03-04· cited 391×
• Melbourne v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1996-09-05· cited 356×
• Rodriguez v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2000-02-03· cited 222×
• Porter v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1990-06-14· cited 188×
• United States v. Clyde Alvin Williford, Sr., Clyde Alvin Williford, Jr.
  Eleventh Circuit· 1985-07-12· cited 180×
• Johnston v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2003-10-16· cited 164×
• Fotopoulos v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1992-10-15· cited 155×
• Finney v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1995-07-20· cited 122×
• Cole v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1997-09-18· cited 115×
• Heath v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1994-10-20· cited 104×
• Rimmer v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2002-07-03· cited 92×
• Rhodes v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1989-07-06· cited 83×
• Douglas v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2004-05-06· cited 81×
• Overton v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2001-09-13· cited 80×