WARD

v.

UNITED STATES

Citator

Cited By

• Kearse v. State, 662 So. 2d 677 (Fla. 1995)
  …avating circumstance was properly found in this case and did not constitute doubling. This was not a situation where the taking of the officer’s weapon was only incidental to the killing. See Jones v. State, 580 So. 2d 143, 146 (Fla.), cert. denied, 502 U.S. 878, 112 S.Ct. 221, 116 L.Ed.2d 179 (1991). Kearse forcibly took Officer Parrish’s service pistol, then turned that weapon on the officer and killed him. Even though Kearse may have been motivated by his desire to avoid arrest when he took the gun, the…
• Geralds v. State, 674 So. 2d 96 (Fla. 1996)
  …ction 90.612(2) provides that all witnesses may be cross-examined concerning their credibility. Moreover, the trial judge has wide discretion to impose reasonable limits on cross-examination. Jones v. State, 580 So. 2d 143, 145 (Fla.), cert. denied, 502 U.S. 878, 112 S.Ct. 221, 116 L.Ed.2d 179 (1991). During his testimony on direct examination, Geralds covered six general subjects ranging from his personal history to learning from his wife that, after his arrest, she had been threatened by two individuals.…
• Jones v. State, 732 So. 2d 313 (Fla. 1999)
  …lant was convicted and sentenced to death for the first-degree shooting murder of Tallahassee police officer Ernest Ponce de Leon. This Court affirmed the conviction and sentence on direct appeal. Jones v. State, 580 So. 2d 143 (Fla.), cert. denied, 502 U.S. 878, 112 S.Ct. 221, 116 L.Ed.2d 179 (1991). The relevant facts are set forth in that opinion. On July 7, 1988, Tallahassee police officers Greg Armstrong and Ernest Ponce de Leon responded to a call regarding a car parked behind a laundromat. They foun…