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.

• holding that questions insinuating impeaching facts which are not proved or are nonexistent are impermissible
• noting that the difference between these types of questions “is one of degree only, and either interrogation, because not followed by actual impeachment, is condemnable”
• questions insinuating impeaching facts which are not proved or are nonexistent are impermissible
• prosecutor may not insinuate impeaching facts, proof of which is nonexistent

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

10 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Braddy v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2012-11-15· cited 96×
• Del Monte Banana Co. v. Chacon
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1985-04-02· cited 20×
• Alvarez v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1985-04-16· cited 9×
• Castillo v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1985-03-12· cited 7×
• Thornton v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2003-08-20· cited 6×
• King v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1988-05-03· cited 5×
• Lyons v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2001-05-11· cited 4×
• Shimko v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2004-09-22· cited 4×
• Harris v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1984-04-03· cited 3×
• J.S. v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2009-07-08

Cites

5 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Mahone v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1969-06-11· cited 23×
• Stewart v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1900-06-15· cited 21×
• Dukes v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1978-03-21· cited 19×
• Thorpe v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1977-10-07· cited 6×
• Marsh v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1967-09-12· cited 6×