JOHNNY JAMES JACKSON, APPELLANT,

v.

STATE OF FLORIDA, APPELLEE

Citator

Cited By (23 total)

• Special v. W. Boca Med. Ctr., 160 So. 3d 1251 (Fla. 2014)
  …owledge of the defendant”).2 It is admissible because it is “evidence of a consciousness of guilt,” and there is nothing more sacred than judicial proceedings that are free from attempts to tamper with or intimidate witnesses. See Coronado v. State, 654 So. 2d 1267 (Fla. 2d DCA 1995). Indeed, without a judicial proceeding free of intimidation and threats, there is no reason for the fact-finding process. The decision to permit evidence of unscrupulous conduct, however, is tempered by those “circumstances where…

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• Nevil McDonald Lopez v. State, 716 So. 2d 301 (Fla. 3d DCA 1998)
  …efendant, they are admissible as evidence of the defendant’s guilt. See Koon v. State, 513 So. 2d 1253, 1256 (Fla.1987); Manuel v. State, 524 So. 2d 734, 735 (Fla. 1st DCA 1988); see also State v. Price, 491 So. 2d 536 (Fla.1986); Coronado v. State, 654 So. 2d 1267, 1269 (Fla. 2d DCA 1995). Second, as stated by the majority, “even if the defendant is not implicated, ‘[t]he fact that a witness has been threatened with respect to his testimony may bear on his credibility regardless of who made the threat.’ ” See…

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• Ford v. State, 801 So. 2d 318 (Fla. 1st DCA 2001)
  …urage a witness from testifying are relevant to show consciousness of guilt. “Evidence of threats made by a defendant ... is relevant ... since it indicates a desire to evade prosecution and is evidence of consciousness of guilt.” Coronado v. State, 654 So. 2d 1267, 1269 (Fla. 2d DCA 1995); see Baker v. State, 760 So. 2d 1085, 1091 (Fla. 5th DCA 2000); Quarrells v. State, 641 So. 2d 490, 491 (Fla. 5th DCA 1994); Knotts v. State, 533 So. 2d 826, 827 (Fla. 1st DCA 1988). Like flight, such threats must have a ne…

Authorities Cited

• Callaway v. State, 642 So. 2d 636 (Fla. 2d DCA 1994)
• Edwards v. State, 652 So. 2d 852 (Fla. 5th DCA 1995)