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Reed v. State

Citations

  • 837 So. 2d 366
  • 2002 WL 31833870

How courts have described this case

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  • holding that improper jury instruction rises to level of fundamental error only when it both relates to an element of the crime and that element is in dispute
  • explaining that under the fundamental error doctrine, \whether the evidence of guilt is overwhelming . . . [is] not germane to whether the error is fundamental\
  • refusing to apply a new rule retroactively to child abuse cases because it “would require courts to revisit numerous final convictions and to extensively review stale records”
  • refusing to apply a new rule retroactively to child abuse cases because it “would require courts to revisit numerous final convictions and to extensively review stale records”
  • invoking Brown and Stewart test to find fundamental error involving an element of the offense of conviction
  • quashing a district court’s decision after the court provided a definition of “maliciously” in conflict with a previous Florida Supreme Court decision

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Judges: Wells

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