JAMES EDWIN COE, APPELLANT,

v.

THE STATE OF FLORIDA, APPELLEE

Citator

Cited By

• Lawhorne v. State, 500 So. 2d 519 (Fla. 1986)
  …is not a sufficient reason to restrict a genuine attempt at rehabilitation. The extent to which a party “opens the door” can be determined and controlled by the court to prevent the parties from wandering too far afield. See, e.g., Martin v. State, 411 So. 2d 987 (Fla. 4th DCA 1982); Sneed v. State, 397 So. 2d 931 (Fla. 5th DCA 1981); Leonard v. State, 386 So. 2d 51 (Fla. 2d DCA 1980). We conclude that the trial court erred in disallowing the question. Counsel for petitioner in their brief to this Court hav…
• THE Florida BAR v. COX, 794 So. 2d 1278 (Fla. 2001)
  …r, prestige, and resources of the State”). Therefore, prosecutors must “be ever mindful of their awesome power and concomitant responsibility ... [to] reflect a scrupulous adherence to the highest standards of professional conduct.” Martin v. State, 411 So. 2d 987, 990 (Fla. 4th DCA 1982); see also DeFreitas v. State, 701 So. 2d 593, 600 (Fla. 4th DCA 1997) (prosecutor must seek justice “with the circumspection and dignity the occasion calls for”). A criminal prosecution “is not a game where the prosecution c…
• Walker v. State, 642 So. 2d 605 (Fla. 1st DCA 1994)
  …ems with law enforcement was far too broad to elicit specific evidence contradicting Walker’s assertion, and the court should have sustained Walker’s objection to the question. Gonzalez v. State, 538 So. 2d 1343 (Fla. 4th DCA 1989); Martin v. State, 411 So. 2d 987 (Fla. 4th DCA 1982). The court therefore erroneously admitted the state’s evidence of the prior incident to rebut Walker’s assertion that he never had prior problems with law enforcement. Moreover, there is no evidence in the record, nor any asserti…