D. F. S., INC., PETITIONER,

v.

BEASLEY CRANE SERVICE & SALES, INC., RESPONDENT

Citator

Cited By (12 total)

• State v. Smith, 573 So. 2d 306 (Fla. 1990)
  …v. State, 135 Fla. 258, 184 So. 881 (1938); Sanchez v. State, 445 So. 2d 1 (Fla. 3d DCA 1984); Smith v. State, 410 So. 2d 579 (Fla. 4th DCA), review denied, 419 So. 2d 1200 (Fla.1982); Williams v. State, 252 So. 2d 243 (Fla. 4th DCA), cert. denied, 255 So. 2d 682 (Fla.1971). Testimony that other people knew of specific acts of violence committed by the victim is not relevant because it sheds no light on the defendant’s state of mind; it shows only that the victim had a propensity for violence. See Taylor v.…
• Smith v. State, 606 So. 2d 641 (Fla. 1st DCA 1992)
  …to self-defense claim). See also Hager v. State, 439 So. 2d 996, 997 (Fla. 4th DCA 1983); Banks v. State, 351 So. 2d 1071, 1072 (Fla. 4th DCA), cert. denied, 354 So. 2d 986 (Fla. 1977); Williams v. State, 252 So. 2d 243 (Fla. 4th DCA), cert. denied, 255 So. 2d 682 (Fla.1971); §§ 90.404 & .405, Fla.Stat. (Supp.1990 & 1989); Charles W. Ehrhardt, Florida Evidence § 404.6 (1992 ed.). If reputation evidence is offered to show the victim’s conduct, the defendant’s prior knowledge of the victim’s reputation is not n…
• Smith v. State, 410 So. 2d 579 (Fla. 4th DCA 1982)
  …aggressor. Evidence of prior specific acts of violence falls into another category. We addressed the question raised by the trial court’s ruling on this issue and traced its history in Williams v. State, 252 So. 2d 243 (Fla. 4th DCA), cert. denied, 255 So. 2d 682 (Fla.1971). There we concluded that: where a proper predicate is laid by the showing of some overt act by the deceased at or about the time of the slaying that reasonably indicated a need for action by the defendant in self-defense, evidence of pri…

Authorities Cited

• D. F. S., Inc. v. Beasley Crane Serv. & Sales, Inc., 251 So. 2d 727 (Fla. 2d DCA 1971)