CYNTHIA SUE JESTER, APPELLANT,

v.

STATE OF FLORIDA, APPELLEE

Citator

Cited By (19 total)

• State v. Vazquez, 419 So. 2d 1088 (Fla. 1982)
  …McDONALD, Justice. The state petitions for review of Vazquez v. State, 405 So. 2d 177 (Fla. 3d DCA 1981), on the basis of conflict with Dedmon v. State, 400 So. 2d 1042 (Fla. 1st DCA 1981), and Orr v. State, 380 So. 2d 1185 (Fla. 5th DCA 1980). We have jurisdiction1 and approve in part and quash in part the instant district court opi…
• Wright v. State, 446 So. 2d 208 (Fla. 3d DCA 1984)
  …26 (Fla. 5th DCA 1983), and cases cited; Hopkins v. State, supra. Furthermore, considering (a) the extremely prejudicial nature of this type of evidence, Roman v. State, 438 So. 2d 487 (Fla. 3d DCA 1983); Cummings v. State, supra; Vazquez v. State, 405 So. 2d 177 (Fla. 3d DCA 1981), approved in part, quashed in part, 419 So. 2d 1088 (Fla.1982); (b) the strong and effective emphasis placed upon it by the state attorney in attacking the defendant’s credibility in final argument; and (c) the closeness of the se…
• Thames v. State, 454 So. 2d 1061 (Fla. 1st DCA 1984)
  …nt was entitled to severance of a count charging possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. Orr v. State, 380 So. 2d 1185 (Fla. 5th DCA 1980). The weight of authority throughout the country held that severance was required. See, Vazquez v. State, 405 So. 2d 177, 180 (Fla. 3d DCA 1981), aff'd, State v. Vazquez, supra. In light of this split of authority and the obvious importance of severance in a case such as appellant’s, as subsequently recognized by the Supreme Court in Vazquez, we are not prepared to sa…

Authorities Cited

• Brown v. State, 376 So. 2d 382 (Fla. 1979)
• Campbell v. State, 386 So. 2d 629 (Fla. 5th DCA 1980)
• Hilson v. State, 386 So. 2d 629 (Fla. 5th DCA 1980)