Knowles v. State

How courts have described this case

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

• finding the death sentence disproportionate despite a contemporaneous murder aggravator where substantial mitigation included the defendant's brain damage and impaired capacity
• vacating death sentence for shooting deaths of defendant's father and neighborhood child where one aggravator was weighed against substantial mitigation including brain damage and impaired capacity
• rejecting robbery aggravator where Knowles engaged in apparently senseless shooting of a young girl he did not even know immediately before shooting his father and taking his father's truck
• holding that the error was harmless
• “[A]llowing one witness to offer a personal view on the credibility of a fellow witness is an invasion of the province of the jury to determine a witness’s credibility.”
• “[A]llowing one witness to offer a personal view on the credibility of a fellow witness is an invasion of the province of the 10 jury to determine a witness’s credibility.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• State v. Singh
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 2002-03-26· cited 212×
• Walls v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1994-07-07· cited 132×
• Francis v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2001-12-20· cited 120×
• Beasley v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2000-10-26· cited 113×
• Busby v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2005-02-03· cited 105×
• Rodgers v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2006-10-26· cited 102×
• Johnson v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2007-07-05· cited 94×
• Liggett v. People
  Supreme Court of Colorado· 2006-05-15· cited 83×
• Mahn v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1998-04-16· cited 80×
• Gore v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2001-04-19· cited 76×
• Robinson v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1999-08-19· cited 72×
• Globe v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2004-03-18· cited 69×
• Rogers v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2001-03-01· cited 59×
• Seibert v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2006-02-16· cited 56×
• Jones v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1995-01-12· cited 41×
• Perry v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2001-10-18· cited 38×
• Jackson v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2012-11-15· cited 38×
• Booker v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2000-10-05· cited 35×
• Crook v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2005-07-07· cited 35×
• Tavares David Calloway v. State of Florida
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2017-01-26· cited 33×

Cites

12 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Campbell v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1990-06-14· cited 233×
• Trotter v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1990-12-20· cited 172×
• Sireci v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1981-06-10· cited 158×
• Hall v. Blake
  Supreme Court· 1982-05-17· cited 150×
• Correll v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1988-01-14· cited 104×
• Menendez v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1979-01-25· cited 102×
• Nibert v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1990-07-26· cited 98×
• Pentecost v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1989-06-29· cited 63×
• Mines v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1980-09-25· cited 42×
• Boatwright v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1984-07-18· cited 32×
• Pardo v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1990-05-31· cited 28×
• Purkhiser v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1968-04-24· cited 7×

Other cases named Knowles v. State

80 other CourtListener records share this case name; the 50 most cited are listed.

• Knowles v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2003-06-12· cited 30×
• Knowles v. State
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1967-01-26· cited 27×
• Knowles v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1923-09-15· cited 21×
• Knowles v. State
  Alabama Court of Appeals· 1967-10-24· cited 20×
• Knowles v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1998-02-26· cited 18×
• Knowles v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1980-09-05· cited 17×
• Knowles v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2000-08-10· cited 16×
• Knowles v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1984-07-18· cited 14×
• Knowles v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1982-02-24· cited 13×
• Knowles v. State
  Court of Appeals of Tennessee· 2001-02-27· cited 12×
• Knowles v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1977-01-26· cited 10×
• Knowles v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 1978-11-21· cited 9×
• Knowles v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1971-09-07· cited 8×
• Knowles v. State
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 1991-05-29· cited 8×
• Knowles v. State
  Supreme Court of Arkansas· 1914-06-01· cited 8×
• Knowles v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1978-03-21· cited 5×
• Knowles v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1981-06-26· cited 5×
• Knowles v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1991-07-10· cited 4×
• Knowles v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1989-05-31· cited 4×
• Knowles v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2001-07-25· cited 3×
• Knowles v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2001-10-10· cited 3×
• Knowles v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1928-03-15· cited 3×
• Knowles v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1935-06-13· cited 3×
• Knowles v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1966-02-24· cited 3×
• Knowles v. State
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 1927-02-26· cited 2×
• Knowles v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1964-06-11· cited 2×
• Knowles v. State
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 1982-02-24· cited 2×
• Knowles v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma· 1969-11-12· cited 2×
• Knowles v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1980-10-10· cited 2×
• Knowles v. State
  Alabama Court of Appeals· 1968-11-05· cited 2×
• Knowles v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1981-12-02· cited 2×
• Knowles v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1993-05-12· cited 2×
• Knowles v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1999-03-24· cited 2×
• Knowles v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2008-03-12· cited 1×
• Knowles v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2004-02-04· cited 1×
• Knowles v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2007-10-17· cited 1×
• Knowles v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2011-03-02· cited 1×
• Knowles v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2011-07-13· cited 1×
• Knowles v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2010-07-20· cited 1×
• Knowles v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1989-06-20· cited 1×
• Knowles v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1995-04-21· cited 1×
• Knowles v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2000-07-26· cited 1×
• Knowles v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2005-11-08
• Knowles v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2008-04-14
• Knowles v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2006-11-08
• Knowles v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2010-06-02
• Knowles v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2009-09-04
• Knowles v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2010-03-24
• Knowles v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2009-01-13
• Knowles v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2012-02-10