KERSH

v.

HUNTINGTON BANKS OF MICHIGAN

Citator

Cited By (11 total)

• Gudinas v. State, 693 So. 2d 953 (Fla. 1997)
  …ial. See Walls v. State, 641 So. 2d 381, 390-91 (Fla.1994) (stating that opinion testimony “gains its greatest force to the degree it is supported by the facts at hand, and its weight diminishes to the degree such support is lacking”), cert. denied, 513 U.S. 1130, 115 S.Ct. 943, 130 L.Ed.2d 887 (1995). We also agree with the State that the trial court did not abuse its discretion in rejecting Gudinas’ age of twenty years as a statutory mitigator.17 We have stated that the “fact that a murderer is twenty yea…
• Donaldson v. State, 722 So. 2d 177 (Fla. 1998)
  …ense of legal or moral justification.11 He argues the evidence revealed that he lived in a constant state of siege and his family had to be surrounded constantly by bodyguards. We disagree. In Walls v. State, 641 So. 2d 381 (Fla.1994), cert. denied, 513 U.S. 1130, 115 S.Ct. 943, 130 L.Ed.2d 887 (1995), we stated: [A] pretense of moral or legal justification is any colorable claim based at least partly on uncontroverted and believable factual evidence or testimony that, but for its incompleteness, would cons…
• Blanco v. State, 706 So. 2d 7 (Fla. 1997)
  …133 L.Ed.2d 766 (1996); Walls v. State, 641 So. 2d 381 (Fla.1994) (holding that no instruction was required where defendant entered trailer to commit burglary but stabbed victim when he got loose from bindings and attacked defendant), cert. denied, 513 U.S. 1130, 115 S.Ct. 943, 130 L.Ed.2d 887 (1995); Toole v. State, 479 So. 2d 731, 734 (Fla.1985) (“[Duress] refers to external provocation such as imprisonment or the use of force or threats.”). . Campbell v. State, 571 So. 2d 415, 419 n. 4 (Fla.1990). . Id…