EUGENE ATKINS, PETITIONER,

v.

STATE OF FLORIDA, RESPONDENT

Citator

Cited By

• Adams v. State, 559 So. 2d 1293 (Fla. 3d DCA 1990)
  …ing the trial. Even if the comment was improper under Rule 3.451, it would not justify a new trial because it does not seriously affect the fairness of the trial as required by Atkins v. State, 210 So. 2d 9, 10 (Fla. 1st DCA 1968), cert. discharged, 218 So. 2d 748 (Fla.1969), cert. denied, 396 U.S. 859, 90 S.Ct. 128, 24 L.Ed.2d 111 (1969). For these reasons the trial court did not err by commenting on the jury’s ability to reach a decision. Adams next contends that the trial judge erred in failing to make an…
• THE Florida BAR v. Iric Vonn Spears, 786 So. 2d 516 (Fla. 2001)
  …ling from a client must be among those at the very top of the list.”); Florida Bar v. Breed, 378 So. 2d 783, 784 (Fla.1979) (“The willful misappropriation of client funds should be the Bar’s equivalent of a capital offense.”); Florida Bar v. Burton, 218 So. 2d 748, 749 (Fla.1969) (“The judgment of disbarment is certainly justified when an attorney misappropriates funds which he receives by virtue of his fiduciary relationship with his client.”); State ex rel. Florida Bar v. Jarvis, 74 So. 2d 228 (Fla.1954) (e…
• THE Florida BAR v. Heller, 248 So. 2d 644 (Fla. 1971)
  …le a substitute supersedeas bond is questionable. The existence of the contempt judgment and writ of attachment necessarily hindered him in the presentation of a defense. The circumstances of this case distinguish it from The Florida Bar v. Burton, 218 So. 2d 748 (Fla.1969), and The Florida Bar v. Champlin, 222 So. 2d 185 (Fla.1969). It is ordered that the respondent George M. Heller be suspended from the practice of law for a period of one year from the date of the filing of this opinion and thereafter unt…