Perez v. State

How courts have described this case

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

• observing that it is “highly improper to interject even a reference to, let alone an accusation of racism which is neither justified by the evidence nor relevant to the issues”
• reversal required where a prosecutor characterized defendants as engaging in conduct that was \divided along racial lines\
• \[I]t is always wrong to call ... defendants names by citing them as examples of a criminal `type.'\
• “Because our system treats persons on their own individual merits, it is always wrong to call witnesses or defendants names by citing them as examples of a criminal ‘type.’ ”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

11 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Liggett Group, Inc. v. Engle
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2003-05-21· cited 77×
• Johns v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2002-12-27· cited 16×
• Terrazas v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1997-07-18· cited 7×
• Stephenson v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2010-03-03· cited 6×
• Thornton v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2003-08-20· cited 6×
• Sandoval v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1997-03-19· cited 6×
• Wallace v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2000-10-17· cited 4×
• Walker v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1998-05-27· cited 1×
• Bailey Jr. v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2016-07-13· cited 1×
• Pate v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1997-08-20· cited 1×
• Evans v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2003-03-07

Cites

10 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Peterson v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1979-12-05· cited 53×
• Lee v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1982-11-02· cited 27×
• Gluck v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1952-12-22· cited 24×
• Dukes v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1978-03-21· cited 19×
• Davis v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1995-12-06· cited 16×
• Glassman v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1979-11-13· cited 15×
• Knight v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1996-04-24· cited 12×
• Green v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1983-03-01· cited 11×
• Reynolds v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1991-05-13· cited 11×
• Carter v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1978-03-15· cited 8×