MICHAEL O'NEIL, APPELLANT,

v.

TRAVELERS INSURANCE COMPANY, APPELLEE

Citator

Cited By (19 total)

• Wyon Dale Childers v. State, 936 So. 2d 585 (Fla. 1st DCA 2006)
  …on direct examination and, (2) to impeach the credibility of the witness, which may involve, among other things, showing his possible interest in the outcome of the case. Steinhorst v. State, 412 So. 2d 332, 337 (Fla.1982); see also Watts v. State, 450 So. 2d 265 (Fla. 2d DCA 1984). As an example, when a key prosecution witness is awaiting sentencing in another case, the defense may demonstrate that such witness “has a desire to testify so as to please the authorities.” Watts, 450 So. 2d at 268. Such an inq…
• Livingston v. State, 678 So. 2d 895 (Fla. 4th DCA 1996)
  …96, 797 (Fla. 4th DCA 1983). To explore even more subtle motivations, where a witness has already been sentenced, a defendant may cross examine concerning any continuing relationship between the witness and the state. For example, in Watts v. State, 450 So. 2d 265, 268 (Fla. 2d DCA 1984), the second district held that a key state witness on probation may properly be questioned about whether he “has a desire to testify so as to please the authorities who [*898] have some discretion over his probationary status…
• Phillips v. State, 572 So. 2d 16 (Fla. 4th DCA 1990)
  …car following the shooting. The defendant has a right to discredit a witness by showing bias, an interest, and a possible ulterior motive for his testimony. E.g., Davis v. Alaska, 415 U.S. 308, 94 S.Ct. 1105, 39 L.Ed.2d 347 (1974); Watts v. State, 450 So. 2d 265 (Fla.2d DCA 1984); Lavette v. State, 442 So. 2d 265 (Fla.1st DCA 1983), pet. for rev. denied, 449 So. 2d 265 (Fla.1984). A condition of Durham’s probation was that he not possess firearms. However, the trial court would not allow the defendant to cr…

Authorities Cited

• Time Ins. Co. v. Shelton Arnold, 319 So. 2d 638 (Fla. 1st DCA 1975)