CHARISMATIC ORTHODOX CHURCH, APPELLANT,

v.

REEMPLOYMENT ASSISTANCE APPEALS COMMISSION, ET AL., APPELLEES

Citator

Cited By

• Mitchell v. State, 207 So. 3d 369 (Fla. 5th DCA 2016)
  …ly to those “rare cases ... where the interests of justice present a compelling demand for its application.” Delestre v. State, 103 So. 3d 1026, 1028 (Fla. 5th DCA 2012) (quoting Smith v. State, 521 So. 2d 106, 108 (Fla. 1988)). In Osorio v. State, 186 So. 3d 601 (Fla. 4th DCA 2016), rev. denied 2016 WL 1749455 (Fla. May 3, 2016), the Fourth District Court of Appeal held that the trial court’s statement accepting a witness as an expert in the presence of the jury constituted error. The trial court declared t…
• Norfleet v. State, 223 So. 3d 395 (Fla. 1st DCA 2017)
  …to declare these state witnesses to be experts in front of the jury because the declarations amounted to an impermissible comment by the court on the witnesses’ credibility. In support of this argument, Norfleet relies primarily on Osorio v. State, 186 So. 3d 601 (Fla. 4th DCA 2016). In Osorio, the Fourth District held that it was error for the trial court to declare the expert status of a witness in front of the jury because doing so “confers an imprimatur of authority and credibility, thereby inordinately…

Authorities Cited

• Fla. State Univ. v. Jenkins, 323 So. 2d 597 (Fla. 1st DCA 1975)
• Haley v. State, 871 So. 2d 1039 (Fla. 4th DCA 2004)
• Suarez v. Unemployment Appeals Comm'n, 871 So. 2d 1039 (Fla. 5th DCA 2004)