BATH IRON WORKS CORP. ET AL.

v.

DIRECTOR, OFFICE OF WORKERS' COMPENSATION PROGRAMS, UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF LABOR, ET AL.

Citator

Cited By (31 total)

• Frederick A.R. Heuring v. State, 513 So. 2d 122 (Fla. 1987)
  …02 S.Ct. 556, 70 L.Ed.2d 418 (1981). Such evidence is, therefore, inadmissible if solely relevant to bad character or propensity to commit the crime. Peek v. State, 488 So. 2d 52 (Fla.1986); Coler v. State, 418 So. 2d 238 (Fla.1982), cert. denied, 459 U.S. 1127, 103 S.Ct. 763, 74 L.Ed.2d 978 (1983); Williams v. State, 110 So. 2d 654 (Fla.), cert. denied, 361 U.S. 847, 80 S.Ct. 102, 4 L.Ed.2d 86 (1959). To minimize the risk of a wrongful conviction, the similar fact evidence must meet a strict standard of…
• Stano v. State, 473 So. 2d 1282 (Fla. 1985)
  …be irrelevant. The Tennessee Supreme Court reached the same conclusion in its Grove opinion. To be relevant, and, therefore, admissible, evidence must prove or tend to prove a fact in issue. Coler v. State, 418 So. 2d 238 (Fla.1982), cert. denied, 459 U.S. 1127, 103 S.Ct. 763, 74 L.Ed.2d 978 (1983). Moreover, the person seeking admission of testimony must demonstrate its relevance. Hitchcock v. State, 413 So. 2d 741 (Fla.), [*1286] cert. denied, 459 U.S. 960, 103 S.Ct. 274, 74 L.Ed.2d 213 (1982). None of…
• Erickson v. State, 565 So. 2d 328 (Fla. 4th DCA 1990)
  …1987); Francis v. State, 512 So. 2d at 282. Even relevant evidence is inadmissible if its sole purpose is to show the defendant’s bad character or propensity to commit the crime charged. Coler v. State, 418 So. 2d 238, 239 (Fla.1982), cert. denied, 459 U.S. 1127, 103 S.Ct. 763, 74 L.Ed.2d 978 (1983); Harris v. State, 183 So. 2d 291 (Fla. 2d DCA 1966).3 It is also well established that expert testimony may not be offered to vouch for the credibility of a witness. Tingle v. State, 536 So. 2d 202, 205 (Fla.198…