Peters v. State

How courts have described this case

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

• “[C]lose cases should be resolved in favor of excusing the juror rather than leaving a doubt about the juror’s impartiality.”
• “In this district, close cases should be resolved in favor of excusing the juror rather than leaving a doubt about the juror’s impartiality.”
• “While the decision to accept or dismiss a putative juror is considered an exercise in discretion, we view the seating of a juror as to whom there is a reasonable doubt concerning impartiality an abuse of discretion and thus ‘manifest error.’ ”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

10 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Carratelli v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2007-07-05· cited 165×
• State v. Hauser
  Idaho Court of Appeals· 2006-08-02· cited 28×
• Reid v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2008-01-23· cited 8×
• JOHN PACCHIANA v. STATE OF FLORIDA
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2018-02-14· cited 7×
• Lewis v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2006-06-21· cited 6×
• FOUR WOOD CONSULTING, LLC. v. Fyne
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2007-08-22· cited 5×
• Joseph v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2008-06-18· cited 2×
• LEOTON SEARS v. STATE OF FLORIDA
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2020-11-12
• Reyes v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2011-01-28
• Universal Property & Casualty Insurance Company v. St. Francy St. Fleur and Yvrose Hilaire
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2025-12-10

Cites

20 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Singer v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1959-02-13· cited 190×
• Trotter v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1990-12-20· cited 172×
• Bryant v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1995-04-13· cited 55×
• Ault v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2003-11-06· cited 46×
• Jenkins v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2002-08-21· cited 36×
• Sydleman v. Benson
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1985-02-13· cited 28×
• Moore v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1988-05-26· cited 28×
• Williams v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1994-07-14· cited 26×
• Montozzi v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1994-03-16· cited 22×
• Longshore v. Fronrath Chevrolet, Inc.
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1988-06-29· cited 19×
• Chapman v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1992-02-12· cited 17×
• Lowe v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1998-10-01· cited 15×
• Bryant v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2000-02-23· cited 12×
• Jaffe v. APPLEBAUMM
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2002-09-25· cited 8×
• Rodas v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2002-07-03· cited 8×
• Bell v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2004-03-31· cited 8×
• James v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1999-07-14· cited 8×
• Akins v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1997-06-04· cited 6×
• Henry v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2000-03-29· cited 4×
• Rodriguez v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2002-05-15· cited 4×