BREWER

v.

WEST VIRGINIA

Citator

Cited By (16 total)

• Sireci v. State, 399 So. 2d 964 (Fla. 1981)
  …ost facto indication of a desire to evade prosecution is admissible against the accused where the relevance of such evidence is based on consciousness of guilt inferred from such actions. Mackiewicz v. State, 114 So. 2d 684 (Fla.1959), cert. denied, 362 U.S. 965, 80 S.Ct. 883, 4 L.Ed.2d 879 (1960). A defendant’s attempt to intimidate a state witness is relevant and admissible. Vaccaro v. State, 152 Fla. 123, 11 So. 2d 186 (Fla. 1942); Roberson v. State, 40 Fla. 509, 24 So. 474 (1898). It is axiomatic tha…
• Heiney v. State, 447 So. 2d 210 (Fla. 1984)
  …number of cases, evidence of prior criminality has been held relevant to the question of motive for the murder of a police officer. See, e.g., Johnson v. State, 130 So. 2d 599 (Fla.1961); Mackiewicz v. State, 114 So. 2d 684 (Fla.1959), cert. denied, 362 U.S. 965, 80 S.Ct. 883, 4 L.Ed.2d 879 (1960); McVeigh v. State, 73 So. 2d 694 (Fla.), appeal dismissed, 348 U.S. 885, 75 S.Ct. 210, 99 L.Ed. 696 (1954). In these cases, evidence of the prior crime was relevant to show the reason for the defendant’s wish to…
• Swafford v. State, 533 So. 2d 270 (Fla. 1988)
  …438 So. 2d 358 (Fla.1983), cert. denied, 465 U.S. 1052, 104 S.Ct. 1332, 79 L.Ed.2d 726 (1984); State v. Statewright, 300 So. 2d 674 (Fla.1974); Bryant v. State, 235 So. 2d 721 (Fla.1970); Mackiewicz v. State, 114 So. 2d 684 (Fla.1959), cert. denied, 362 U.S. 965, 80 S.Ct. 883, 4 L.Ed.2d 879 (1960). The examples given in Williams and in subsection 90.404(2)(a) are not an exclusive list of the purposes for which such evidence can be found relevant. While Johnson’s testimony certainly had the effect of casti…