Smith v. State

How courts have described this case

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

• recognizing that when character evidence is offered to prove the reasonableness of the defendant's apprehension, prior knowledge of the specific acts of violence is necessary
• recognizing that when character evidence is offered to prove the reasonableness of the defendant’s apprehension, prior knowledge of the specific acts of violence is necessary
• holding that the exclusion of a witness who would have testified regarding the character of the victim was harmful because the testimony went to the defendant's only defense of self-defense
• reversing trial court's exclusion of proffered testimony relating to specific instances of violence by the victim
• “Considering the nature of the evidence in this case, especially the conflicts between the theories offered by the two sides and the fact that the erroneously excluded evidence went to appellant’s only defense, the error must be considered harmful.”
• substantive use of a deposition taken solely for the purpose of discovery is improper under section 90.804(2)(a)

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

27 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Commonwealth v. Adjutant
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2005-03-14· cited 78×
• State v. Green
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1995-12-21· cited 50×
• Antoine v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2014-05-07· cited 30×
• Holland v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2005-11-10· cited 23×
• Williams v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2008-05-14· cited 20×
• Grace v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2002-12-04· cited 15×
• Hedges v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1996-01-19· cited 10×
• Berrios v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2001-03-07· cited 9×
• State v. Roberts
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2007-06-20· cited 9×
• Mohler v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2015-05-22· cited 8×
• Nelson v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1999-07-21· cited 6×
• Griffin v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2002-10-16· cited 6×
• State v. Skolar
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1997-05-02· cited 5×
• In Re: Standard Jury Instructions in Criminal Cases-Report 2017-07.
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2018-11-21· cited 5×
• Savage v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2012-11-07· cited 4×
• Smith v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1995-10-10· cited 4×
• Holland v. Tucker
  S.D. Florida· 2012-04-03· cited 4×
• Johnson v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1998-08-21· cited 3×
• Green v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1995-01-04· cited 3×
• Dwyer v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1999-08-20· cited 3×

Cites

17 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Johns-Manville Sales Corp. v. Janssens
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1984-09-26· cited 71×
• Ciccarelli v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1988-09-08· cited 41×
• Williams v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1971-07-21· cited 35×
• Banks v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1977-08-23· cited 20×
• State v. James
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1981-07-23· cited 20×
• Dinter v. Brewer
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1982-10-26· cited 20×
• Quintana v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1984-05-31· cited 18×
• Pino v. Koelber
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1980-10-10· cited 16×
• Terrell v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1981-12-29· cited 12×
• Smith v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1982-02-17· cited 11×
• Woodson v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1986-02-27· cited 10×
• Hager v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1983-10-26· cited 9×
• Barnett v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1983-12-02· cited 7×
• Campos v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1986-06-17· cited 7×
• Clark v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1990-11-15· cited 6×
• Warren v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1991-04-04· cited 6×
• Brooks v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1990-01-16· cited 3×