RICARDO THOMPSON, APPELLANT,

v.

STATE OF FLORIDA, APPELLEE

Citator

Cited By

• Russell v. State, 982 So. 2d 642 (Fla. 2008)
  …(Fla. 5th DCA 2006), on the ground that it expressly and directly conflicts with a decision of the Fourth District Court of Appeal in Santiago v. State, 889 So. 2d 200 (Fla. 4th DCA 2004), and the Second District Court of Appeal in Colwell v. State, 838 So. 2d 670 (Fla. 2d DCA 2003), and Colina v. State, 629 So. 2d 274 (Fla. 2d DCA 1993), on a question of law. We have jurisdiction. See art. V, § 3(b)(3), Fla. Const. For the reasons that follow, we approve the decision of the Fifth District Court of Appeal in…
• Santiago v. State, 889 So. 2d 200 (Fla. 4th DCA 2004)
  …el-lott that he witnessed red marks on the side of her face which appeared to validate the Wife’s story. The question presented is whether the evidence in whole was legally sufficient to sustain the revocation on these grounds. In Colwell v. State, 838 So. 2d 670, 671-72 (Fla. 2d DCA 2003), the second district addressed the very issue of a victim’s hearsay statements coupled with after-the-fact general observations by a police officer. In Colwell, the State presented only one witness, a deputy, at the revoca…
• Russell v. State, 920 So. 2d 683 (Fla. 5th DCA 2006)
  …harged. Therefore, we have considered the sufficiency of the evidence without regard to the admissions. . We acknowledge what appears to be contrary authority on this point in Santiago v. State, 889 So. 2d 200 (Fla. 4th DCA 2004), Colwell v. State, 838 So. 2d 670 (Fla. 2d DCA 2003) and Blair v. State, 805 So. 2d 873 (Fla. 2d DCA 2001). Again, not one of these cases was cited by either party. Counsel are admonished to be more thorough with their research. A court's ability to do justice is often dependent upo…

Authorities Cited

• Strickland v. Washington, 466 U.S. 668 (U.S. 1984)
• Valle v. State, 778 So. 2d 960 (Fla. 2001)
• Rolling v. State, 825 So. 2d 293 (Fla. 2002)