Simmons v. State

How courts have described this case

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

• finding judge's comment, made while overruling defense counsel's mischaracterization of evidence objection, that \it is accurate and dead on point\ prejudiced the jury because it appeared to validate the state's argument
• “Florida law is clear that it is error for the judge to make a remark within the hearing of the jury that might convey his view of the case or his opinion of the weight, character, or credibility of the evidence.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

8 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Mathew v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2003-02-26· cited 20×
• Cardenas v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2002-05-07· cited 15×
• Rutledge v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2009-01-21· cited 10×
• Jacques v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2004-10-06· cited 9×
• Seago v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2010-01-06· cited 8×
• Williams v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2005-05-06· cited 8×
• Couch v. Dunn Ave. Shell, Inc.
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2001-12-17· cited 3×
• Jackson v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2010-11-22

Cites

5 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• State v. DiGuilio
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1986-07-17· cited 2,703×
• Fenelon v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1992-02-13· cited 93×
• Sparks v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1999-03-30· cited 37×
• Whitfield v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1984-06-14· cited 35×
• Seward v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1952-06-13· cited 23×