Watts 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 it was error to limit the defendant’s cross-examination of a State witness regarding the witness’s probationary status at the time of trial because such evidence could be used to demonstrate the witness’s bias or motive for testifying
• error to limit defendant's cross-examination of key prosecution witness where witness was granted leniency because of his cooperation in defendant's case
• “In a criminal trial the defendant has the absolute right to fully cross-examine adverse witnesses to discredit them by showing bias, prejudice, interest, or possible ulteri- or motive for testifying. This is particularly so where a key witness is being examined.”
• prejudice from limitation of cross-examination

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

20 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Marshall v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1997-06-20· cited 49×
• Childers v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2006-02-02· cited 27×
• State v. Sabog
  Hawaii Intermediate Court of Appeals· 2005-04-21· cited 19×
• Livingston v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1996-08-21· cited 18×
• Phillips v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1990-12-28· cited 13×
• Lusk v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1988-09-30· cited 13×
• Marr v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1985-06-14· cited 13×
• Yolman v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1985-05-03· cited 13×
• Coleman v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1991-12-20· cited 13×
• Carlyle v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2006-11-29· cited 11×
• Alvarez v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1985-04-16· cited 9×
• Caton v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1992-04-22· cited 9×
• Elmer v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2012-10-12· cited 9×
• Bell v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1993-02-10· cited 7×
• Williams v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2005-09-28· cited 7×
• Nelson v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1992-01-24· cited 4×
• Scott v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1999-03-03· cited 2×
• Nieves v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2003-07-16· cited 1×
• Hill v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1987-01-27
• Campbell v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1993-07-28

Cites

12 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Davis v. Alaska
  Supreme Court· 1974-02-27· cited 5,953×
• Steinhorst v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1982-03-04· cited 391×
• Moreno v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1982-09-07· cited 26×
• Mendez v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1982-04-21· cited 22×
• Cowheard v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1978-12-05· cited 19×
• Kelly v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1982-12-17· cited 12×
• Hannah v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1983-05-31· cited 11×
• Engram v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1981-09-24· cited 6×
• Russo v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1982-09-01· cited 5×
• Daniels v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1979-09-19· cited 4×
• Garey v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1983-06-15· cited 3×
• O'Neil v. Travelers Insurance Co.
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1984-04-26· cited 1×