JENNINGS

v.

FLORIDA

Citator

Cited By (12 total)

• Watts v. State, 593 So. 2d 198 (Fla. 1992)
  …otions, any error was harmless because, on this record, there is no reasonable possibility that the comment affected the verdict. State v. DiGuilio, 491 So. 2d 1129 (Fla.1986); Jennings v. State, 453 So. 2d 1109 (Fla.1984), vacated on other grounds, 470 U.S. 1002, 105 S.Ct. 1351, 84 L.Ed.2d 374 (1985); see State v. Murray, 443 So. 2d 955, 956 (Fla.1984) (conviction will not be overturned due to prosecutorial error during closing argument unless error “was so prejudicial as to vitiate the entire trial”). Wat…
• Muehleman v. State, 503 So. 2d 310 (Fla. 1987)
  …lleged error, we must consider the evidence admitted, any prejudice accruing to the defendant therefrom, and the purpose for its admission. See Jennings v. State, 453 So. 2d 1109, 1114 (Fla.1984), cert. granted and judgment vacated on other grounds, 470 U.S. 1002, 105 S.Ct. 1351, 84 L.Ed.2d 374 (1985). In light of the relevance of this evidence in rebutting specific evidence presented by the defense, we find no abuse of discretion in this case. Muehleman similarly argues that the trial court erred in admitt…
• Patton v. State, 878 So. 2d 368 (Fla. 2004)
  …ce, noting that state’s psychiatric expert in penalty phase testified that although appellant “had a character or personality disorder which is not easily cured, appellant did not suffer from any mental disease or defect”), vacated on other grounds, 470 U.S. 1002, 105 S.Ct. 1351, 84 L.Ed.2d 374 (1985). Counsel’s decision to forego the insanity defense was not unreasonable under Strickland since she had no evidence that Patton suffered from a mental disease or defect. Therefore, we accept the trial court’s f…