SICILIANO

v.

ILLINOIS

Citator

Cited By

• Hitchcock v. State, 413 So. 2d 741 (Fla. 1982)
  …choked and beat her until she was quiet and finally hid her body in some bushes. It is well settled that the credibility of witnesses and the weight to be given testimony is for the jury to decide. Coco v. State, 80 So. 2d 346 (Fla.), cert. denied, 349 U.S. 931, 75 S.Ct. 774, 99 L.Ed. 1261, cert. denied, 350 U.S. 828, 76 S.Ct. 57, 100 L.Ed. 739 (1955). Choking the girl, taking her outside, and then choking her again — -all to make her be quiet — is substantial evidence to have supported a finding of premed…
• Herman v. State, 396 So. 2d 222 (Fla. 4th DCA 1981)
  …the expert would testify, if he had to guess, that it was not the same gun. Bound by that representation, the trial court’s decision to admit the shotgun into evidence was a closer question. See Coco v. State, 80 So. 2d 346 (Fla.1955), cert. denied, 349 U.S. 931, 75 S.Ct. 774, 99 L.Ed. 1261, and 350 U.S. 828, 76 S.Ct. 57, 100 L.Ed. 739 (1955). However, assuming arguendo that there was error, we hold admission of the shotgun was harmless because proof of appellant’s ownership of a shotgun was not prejudicial…
• Jennings v. State, 413 So. 2d 24 (Fla. 1982)
  …ull and complete cross-examination of critical witnesses is fundamental to a fair trial, which Jennings did not receive. Pointer v. Texas, 380 U.S. 400, 85 S.Ct. 1065, 13 L.Ed.2d 923 (1965). See Coco v. State, 62 So. 2d 892 (Fla.1953), cert. denied, 349 U.S. 931, 75 S.Ct. 774, 99 L.Ed. 1261 (1955). We do not, in this proceeding, determine the correctness of the public defender’s position because such resolution does not affect the fact that Jennings did not receive a fair trial. That question is better answ…