Lewis 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 the defendant’s right to a full and fair defense was infringed where the victim’s consensual sexual relationship with a third person was relevant
• finding that exclusion of evidence that complainant fabricated rape charges to hide her sexual relationship with her boyfriend from her mother violated the defendant’s constitutional right to confront his accuser and develop his defense through reasonable cross-examination
• finding limitations on cross-examination \clearly unreasonable where ... they have the effect of precluding constitutionally adequate cross-examination\
• finding limitations on cross-examination “clearly unreasonable where ... they have the effect of precluding constitutionally adequate cross-examination”
• finding the Rape Shield Statute was expressly applicable only to prosecutions for sexual battery under § 794.011, Fla. Stat., until amended
• acknowledging that in Marr the Court “explained that Florida’s Rape Shield Statute is a codification of the rule of relevancy that a victim’s prior sexual activity with one other than the accused is generally irrelevant for determining the guilt of the accused”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• State v. Gregory
  Washington Supreme Court· 2006-11-30· cited 392×
• Lonnie K. Stephens v. Charles B. Miller, Warden, and Attorney General of the State of Indiana
  Seventh Circuit· 1994-01-06· cited 117×
• State v. Packed
  South Dakota Supreme Court· 2007-07-18· cited 48×
• Richardson v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2003-06-02· cited 41×
• Childers v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2006-02-02· cited 27×
• Fluellen v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1997-12-23· cited 18×
• McLean v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2000-04-05· cited 13×
• State v. Perez
  Court of Appeals of Kansas· 1999-12-30· cited 13×
• Roebuck v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2007-03-30· cited 11×
• Hammond v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1995-09-22· cited 11×
• CARLOS GOMEZ v. STATE OF FLORIDA
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2018-04-25· cited 7×
• Teemer v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1993-03-09· cited 6×
• Baucham v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2004-08-24· cited 6×
• Johnson v. Moore
  M.D. Florida· 2007-02-07· cited 6×
• Dixon v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1992-10-02· cited 5×
• Collier v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1996-10-18· cited 5×
• Children's Palace, Inc. v. Johnson
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1992-12-07· cited 5×
• State v. Adderly
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2001-10-31· cited 5×
• Esteban v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2007-11-14· cited 4×
• State v. Snyder
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2002-01-23· cited 4×

Cites

8 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Delaware v. Van Arsdall
  Supreme Court· 1986-04-07· cited 7,102×
• Davis v. Alaska
  Supreme Court· 1974-02-27· cited 5,953×
• Chambers v. Mississippi
  Supreme Court· 1973-02-21· cited 5,756×
• State v. DiGuilio
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1986-07-17· cited 2,703×
• Olden v. Kentucky
  Supreme Court· 1988-12-12· cited 592×
• Roberts v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1987-07-02· cited 76×
• Marr v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1986-09-25· cited 27×
• Lewis v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1990-11-21· cited 7×