JULIO PADILLA, APPELLANT,

v.

THE STATE OF FLORIDA, APPELLEE

Citator

Cited By (12 total)

• Wuornos v. State, 644 So. 2d 1000 (Fla. 1994)
  …e similar crimes evidence to rebut Wuor-nos’ claims regarding her level of intent and [*1007] whether she had acted in self-defense. This was a proper purpose under the Williams rule. Williams v. State, 621 So. 2d 413 (Fla.1993); Goldstein v. State, 447 So. 2d 903, 906 (Fla. 4th DCA 1984); Villar v. State, 441 So. 2d 1181 (Fla. 4th DCA 1983), review denied, 451 So. 2d 851 (Fla.1984). We also do not agree with Wuornos’ contention that the nature of the similar crimes evidence was so disturbing that its releva…
• Kruse v. State, 483 So. 2d 1383 (Fla. 4th DCA 1986)
  …y subject to the jury’s scrutiny. However, as with the opinion of so-called “lie detector” experts, we have consistently rejected scientific or expert determinations of credibility. Knight v. State, 97 So. 2d 115, 119 (Fla.1957); Goldstein v. State, 447 So. 2d 903, 905 (Fla. 4th DCA 1984); Rodriguez v. State, 413 So. 2d 1303, 1305 (Fla. 3d DCA 1982); Holliday v. State, 389 So. 2d 679, 680 (Fla. 3d DCA 1980). We caution trial courts to be careful that such opinions are not put before juries, including the one…
• Brown v. State, 611 So. 2d 540 (Fla. 3d DCA 1992)
  …d 163 (Fla.1984); Hyer v. State, 462 So. 2d 488 (Fla. 2d DCA 1984) (testimony that defendant’s wife had obtained an order restraining defendant from bothering, threatening, or harming her, was relevant to issue of premeditation); Goldstein v. State, 447 So. 2d 903 (Fla. 4th DCA 1984) (prior act of aggressive conduct and accompanying threats were admissible as relevant to issue of intent). Therefore, Stark’s testimony was properly admitted in defendant’s trial for her attempted murder. During cross examinatio…