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.

• stating that comments made during closing should be reviewed to determine whether they (1) deprive the appellant of a fair trial; (2) materially contribute to a conviction; (3) are so harmful or fundamentally tainted as to require a new trial; (4
• describing as the “most egregious” of several highly improper and impermissible comments made by a prosecutor as the one suggesting that defense counsel had “scripted” the defendant’s testimony
• prosecutor's suggestions to jury during closing arguments that defense counsel improperly cross-examined the State's only eye witness were improper and deprived the defendant of a fair trial

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

15 cases in this archive cite this case.

• State v. Crum
  Supreme Court of Kansas· 2008-05-16· cited 49×
• Johnnides v. Amoco Oil Co., Inc.
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2001-02-14· cited 11×
• Carnival Corp. v. Jimenez
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2013-02-27· cited 11×
• Rodriguez v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2004-01-21· cited 8×
• Adams v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2002-11-20· cited 7×
• Perdomo v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2002-10-09· cited 7×
• Thornton v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2003-08-20· cited 6×
• Clark v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2004-09-15· cited 6×
• Johnson v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2005-12-07· cited 5×
• LELIEVE v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2009-04-15· cited 5×
• Brighton v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2014-04-16· cited 4×
• Mazile v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2001-10-31· cited 2×
• Fleitas v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2004-02-25· cited 1×
• Jackson v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2018-06-13
• Jackson v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2018-07-11

Cites

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

• Bertolotti v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1985-08-15· cited 198×
• Ruiz v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1999-04-01· cited 108×
• Garron v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1988-05-19· cited 101×
• Ryan v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1984-09-19· cited 55×
• King v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1993-09-02· cited 43×
• Thompson v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1975-08-22· cited 39×
• Hufham v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1981-06-17· cited 34×
• Landry v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1993-06-30· cited 34×
• Lopez v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1990-01-23· cited 28×
• Lewis v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1998-05-20· cited 21×
• D'Ambrosio v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1999-05-28· cited 21×
• Barnes v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1999-05-26· cited 20×
• Cochran v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1998-03-18· cited 20×
• Garrette v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1987-02-10· cited 18×
• Cochran v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1973-07-17· cited 18×
• Briggs v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1984-08-17· cited 17×
• Davis v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1995-12-06· cited 16×
• Cisneros v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1996-08-21· cited 16×
• Rivero v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2000-03-08· cited 13×
• Del Rio v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1999-02-03· cited 12×