1,582 Florida cases classified under this topic, plus 857 listed through its narrower topics · sorted by citation count · see the citation graph · browse and sort
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822 F.2d 512·
5th Cir.·
1987-07-14
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The court held that the prosecutor's use of peremptory challenges was not discriminatory, the admission of reputation testimony was not plain error, cross-examination restrictions were not an abuse of discretion, bail denial was moot, and closing arguments were not substantially
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800 F.2d 143·
7th Cir.·
1986-08-29
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The court held that the defendant's prior conviction evidence was admissible and that the prosecutor's conversation with a witness during a trial recess did not constitute reversible error.
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545 F.2d 645·
9th Cir.·
1976-09-17
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The court held that the appeal is moot due to the petitioner's release from custody and that the petitioner's claims regarding his state conviction lack merit.
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The court affirmed the district court's denial of habeas corpus relief, finding that the petitioner was not entitled to relief on any of his asserted grounds.
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333 F.2d 1012·
6th Cir.·
1964-06-30
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The court held that the defendant's Sixth Amendment right to confront witnesses was not violated and that the corpus delicti was sufficiently established.
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Fla. 3d DCA·
2026-10-14
A 911 recording of a robbery victim's statements to a police dispatcher is nontestimonial and does not violate the Confrontation Clause when made during an ongoing emergency, even if the victim is later unavailable for cross-examination at trial.
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Fla. 3d DCA·
2026-09-23
A routine toxicology report prepared as part of an autopsy performed pursuant to statutory duty does not violate the Confrontation Clause when testified to by a substitute witness because the report is not testimonial in nature.
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11th Cir.·
2026-09-14
The preclusion order did not violate Martin's Sixth Amendment right to confront witnesses because he was able to meaningfully expose investigative bias and witness credibility through cross-examination of the evidence and investigative failures, even though he could not reference
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11th Cir.·
2026-08-24
A defendant's waiver of counsel remains valid after a superseding indictment that increases sentencing exposure if the defendant understands the new charges and reaffirms his desire for self-representation, without requiring a new formal Faretta hearing. The district court did no
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Fla. 4th DCA·
2026-04-08
A witness's testimony recounting contents of a written report, when the witness has no independent knowledge and relies solely on the document, constitutes inadmissible hearsay. However, the admission of such testimony is harmless error when the record contains substantial other
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The trial court committed reversible error by excluding non-hearsay testimony regarding threats made to the defendant when the statements were offered to show their effect on the defendant listener and to explain her state of mind in seeking assistance, and the State failed to de
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Del.·
2026-02-06
Jason Wilcox appeals his convictions for manslaughter and assault arising from a high-speed crash that killed three people and injured four others. The Delaware Supreme Court affirmed his convictions, rejecting claims that the State failed to disclose Brady material, that EDR dat
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11th Cir.·
2026-02-03
The court held that the district court did not err in admitting body-worn camera footage and a 911 call recording, and that the sentence imposed was appropriate.
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Del.·
2026-01-15
Ronald Suber was convicted of first-degree murder and related charges in the killing of Anna Hurst. On appeal, the Delaware Supreme Court found that the State improperly elicited indirect hearsay evidence regarding a non-testifying witness's photo lineup identification, violating
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11th Cir.·
2025-11-05
The court held that the admission of the minor victim's statements during a sting operation did not violate the Confrontation Clause or the rule against hearsay, and that the jury instructions did not constructively amend the indictment.
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Fla. 3d DCA·
2025-10-08
The admission of rape kit labels and medical report statements identifying sample locations did not violate the Confrontation Clause because the trial court instructed the jury not to accept them as proof of where samples came from, and the substitute DNA analyst's use of the ori
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S.D. Fla.·
2025-08-31
The court denied the petition for writ of habeas corpus, finding most claims unexhausted or procedurally barred, and others without merit or jurisdiction.
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Fla. 1st DCA·
2025-08-20
A trial court violates a defendant's Sixth Amendment right to confront adverse witnesses by removing him from the courtroom during witness testimony without permitting him to observe and hear the testimony or maintain direct communication with counsel. Remote testimony by a witne
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Brian Keith Smith, a Florida inmate sentenced to life imprisonment for armed robbery, petitioned for federal habeas corpus relief raising eight claims, including trial court errors in allowing certain testimony and jury instruction issues, as well as several ineffective assistanc
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Fla. 1st DCA·
2025-06-04
A codefendant's statement that does not inculpate the defendant and is used purely to provoke the defendant's reaction during custodial interrogation does not violate the Confrontation Clause.
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Fla. 5th DCA·
2025-04-17
The Florida Fifth District Court of Appeal affirmed the trial court's conviction in a criminal case where a rebuttal witness testified via Zoom. The court upheld the trial judge's decision under established precedent (Harrell v. State), though a concurring justice expressed conce
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The court denied the defendant's motion to strike portions of the expert witness report and exclude evidence, finding that the fruit of the poisonous tree doctrine and privacy rights arguments do not apply to private litigants and that international comity is not warranted due to
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M.D. Fla.·
2025-01-23
The court held that the petitioner's claims lacked merit, including those based on sovereign citizen theories, denial of self-representation, insufficient record, and violation of confrontation rights.
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James Willie Holt, an inmate challenging his 2016 conviction for lewd or lascivious molestation of a three-year-old, petitioned for federal habeas corpus relief under 28 U.S.C. § 2254, raising four grounds including claims of ineffective assistance of trial counsel and confrontat
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Richard A. Roberts, convicted of sexual battery on a child based on testimony from two victims describing abuse occurring in the early 1980s, sought federal habeas relief under 28 U.S.C. § 2254, raising seven grounds including claims regarding the admission of collateral-act evid
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11th Cir.·
2024-03-14
The court held that the district court did not abuse its discretion in denying the defendants' motions for a new trial, compelling discovery, and admitting expert and summary testimony, affirming the convictions.
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M.D. Fla.·
2024-03-07
Robert Mueller, convicted of attempted second-degree murder, aggravated battery, and discharging a firearm in public, sought federal habeas relief challenging his forty-year prison sentence. The court denied his petition, finding that several claims were procedurally barred becau
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The federal court denied the petition for writ of habeas corpus because the petitioner failed to demonstrate that the state court's decisions were contrary to or unreasonably applied federal law, or based on unreasonable factual determinations.
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The appellate court affirmed the lower court's denial of a habeas corpus petition. The court found that habeas corpus is not an appropriate vehicle for raising issues that were or could have been raised on direct appeal, and the petition was untimely.
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M.D. Fla.·
2023-09-26
The court held that the state court's denial of the petitioner's claims was not contrary to or an unreasonable application of federal law, nor based on an unreasonable determination of facts.
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A trial court properly orders disclosure of a confidential informant's identity when a defendant is charged with selling or delivering controlled substances to that informant and the informant was the sole participant in the transaction, as such disclosure is required by the defe
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Mario Cardenas petitioned for federal habeas corpus relief challenging his state court convictions for conspiracy to purchase cocaine and attempted cocaine trafficking, claiming the trial court violated his rights by denying disclosure of a confidential informant's identity and a
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M.D. Fla.·
2023-07-20
The court held that the petitioner's claims were either not cognizable in federal habeas corpus, procedurally barred due to failure to properly present them in state court, or failed on the merits.
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Shaun Whitt, a Florida inmate convicted in 2014 of sexual battery against a minor, petitioned for federal habeas corpus relief under 28 U.S.C. § 2254, raising five claims including exclusion of evidence about prior abuse, ineffective assistance of counsel regarding his decision n
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M.D. Fla.·
2023-03-02
The court held that the state court's decisions were not contrary to or an unreasonable application of federal law and were based on reasonable factual determinations, thus denying the petition for writ of habeas corpus.
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M.D. Fla.·
2023-01-23
The court held that the state court's decision admitting the 911 recording was not contrary to or an unreasonable application of federal law, and that the claims of ineffective assistance of counsel were either procedurally defaulted or lacked merit.
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56 F.4th 1314·
11th Cir.·
2023-01-06
The court held that the transfer of photos from a phone to a hard drive constitutes 'production' under 18 U.S.C. § 2251(a) when the hard drive was manufactured overseas, satisfying the interstate commerce element. The court also held that the defendant had no right to be present
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Fla. 4th DCA·
2022-11-30
The appellate court held that admitting a toxicology report without the author's testimony violated the Sixth Amendment Confrontation Clause. However, the conviction was affirmed because the defendant's objection at trial was only for hearsay, not a specific Confrontation Clause
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A court of equity may relieve against statutory penalties and fines imposed by lower courts when the party fined was not actually injured by the officer's neglect, and the penalty is grossly disproportionate to any actual harm suffered.
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An acting governor lacks authority to issue a tax exemption and subsidy certificate for a business category not authorized under the current tax exemption statute, and mere filing of an application under a prior repealed statute does not create a vested right to exemption benefit
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Fla. 4th DCA·
2022-08-17
A confession alone is insufficient to establish the corpus delicti of driving without a valid driver's license; the State must present independent evidence showing the defendant drove without a license. The trial court abused its discretion in overruling the corpus delicti object
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The federal court denied the petition for writ of habeas corpus, finding no unreasonable application of federal law or unreasonable determination of facts by the state court regarding ineffective assistance of counsel claims.
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The Florida Supreme Court adopted amendments to the Florida Rules of Juvenile Procedure, Florida Family Law Rules of Procedure, and Florida Supreme Court Approved Family Law Forms to authorize permanent and broader remote conduct of certain court proceedings in delinquency, depen
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M.D., a juvenile, appeals from an adjudicatory hearing conducted remotely via Zoom over his objection, challenging whether the remote proceeding violated his constitutional right to confrontation and right to be present. The court reversed and remanded, holding that due process r
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Fla. 3d DCA·
2022-06-29
Four juveniles appealed delinquency adjudications conducted remotely via videoconferencing during the COVID-19 pandemic without case-specific findings of necessity. The Third District Court of Appeal held that due process protections, including the right to confrontation, require
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Fla. 3d DCA·
2022-06-29
The court held that juvenile delinquency adjudicatory hearings conducted remotely via videoconferencing, without case-specific findings of necessity, violate a juvenile's due process right to confrontation. The court reversed the delinquency findings and remanded for new hearings
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Fla. 3d DCA·
2022-06-29
This case addresses whether juvenile delinquency hearings conducted remotely via videoconferencing violate a juvenile's due process right to confrontation. The court held that such remote appearances require case-specific findings of necessity to ensure fundamental fairness and r
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Fla. 2d DCA·
2022-04-06
M.M., a juvenile, appeals his adjudication for carrying a concealed firearm, challenging both the denial of his motion to suppress and the trial court's decision to conduct the adjudicatory hearing via Zoom. The court affirmed the suppression ruling but reversed and remanded rega
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M.D. Fla.·
2022-03-31
The court denied the petition for a writ of habeas corpus, finding all grounds procedurally barred due to failure to exhaust state remedies.
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M.D. Fla.·
2022-03-24
The court denied the petition for a writ of habeas corpus, finding the claims either procedurally barred or without merit under AEDPA standards.