NEELY

v.

CAVELL, CORRECTIONAL SUPERINTENDENT

Citator

Cited By (19 total)

• Hamilton v. State, 366 So. 2d 8 (Fla. 1978)
  …ontention. From our review of the record, we find that the trial judge was only exercising reasonable control over the trial and did not pass beyond the bounds of neutrality or impartiality. See Watson v. State, 190 So. 2d 161 (Fla.1966), cert. den. 389 U.S. 960, 88 S.Ct. 339, 19 L.Ed.2d 369. Finally, we conclude that the court did not err in allowing the state’s expert witness, a chemist, to testify that the vegetable matter which she tested was [*12] cannabis or in refusing to grant a judgment of acquitt…
• Bolender v. State, 422 So. 2d 833 (Fla. 1982)
  …ify through an interpreter. The trial court denied the motion. Generally, the decision to allow a witness to testify through an interpreter is within the sound discretion of the trial court. Watson v. State, 190 So. 2d 161 (Fla.1966), cert. denied, 389 U.S. 960, 88 S.Ct. 339, 19 L.Ed.2d 369 (1967). In the instant case the witness had no problem on direct examination and only a limited problem on cross-examination. Defense counsel had full opportunity to clear up any misunderstandings on redirect and made n…
• J. F. v. State, 718 So. 2d 251 (Fla. 4th DCA 1998)
  …which incriminated appellant. While it is permissible for a trial judge to ask questions deemed necessary to clear up uncertainties as to issues in cases that appear to require it, see Watson v. State, 190 So. 2d 161, 164 (Fla.1966), cert. denied, 389 U.S. 960, 88 S.Ct. 339, 19 L.Ed.2d 369 (1967), the trial court departs from a position of neutrality, which is necessary to the proper functioning of the judicial system, when it sua sponte orders the production of evidence that the state itself never sought…