ALBERT D. DAVIS, APPELLANT,

v.

THE STATE OF FLORIDA, APPELLEE

Citator

Cited By (18 total)

• Enoch Lewis, Jr. v. State, 377 So. 2d 640 (Fla. 1979)
  …a witness who was of the same profession. The purpose of the voir dire proceeding is to secure an impartial jury for the accused. See Pope v. State, 84 Fla. 428, 94 So. 865 (1923); Hunt v. State, 330 So. 2d 502 (Fla.3d DCA 1976); Barker v. Randolph, 239 So. 2d 110 (Fla. 1st DCA 1970); Gibbs v. State, 193 So. 2d 460 (Fla.2d DCA 1967). Consequently, the possible bias of a member of the jury venire [*DCCXXIII] which, as here, might affect the fairness of the trial of the accused, is clearly a proper ground of in…
• E. AIR Lines, Inc. v. Gellert, 438 So. 2d 923 (Fla. 3d DCA 1983)
  …ure.” Two important principles are here involved, namely the broad discretion vested in the trial court to control the manner in which peremptory challenges are to be exercised, Peri v. State, 426 So. 2d 1021 (Fla. 3d DCA 1983); Barker v. Randolph, 239 So. 2d 110 (Fla. 1st DCA), cert. denied, 242 So. 2d 137 (Fla.1970); Gafford v. Star Fish & Oyster Co., 475 F. 2d 767 (5th Cir.1973), and the right of a litigant to have a fair opportunity to make an intelligent judgment as to the exercise of the peremptory cha…

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• Peri v. State, 426 So. 2d 1021 (Fla. 3d DCA 1983)
  …Saulsberry v. State, 398 So. 2d 1017 (Fla. 5th DCA 1981); Gibbs v. State, 193 So. 2d 460 (Fla. 2d DCA 1967). It is the judge who controls the time and extent of the voir dire, Blackwell v. State, 101 Fla. 997, 132 So. 468 (1931); Barker v. Randolph, 239 So. 2d 110 (Fla. 1st DCA 1970), and the scope of the examination, Underwood v. State, 388 So. 2d 1333 (Fla. 2d DCA 1980); Jones v. State, 378 So. 2d 797 (Fla. 1st DCA 1979). The judge is the arbiter of a juror’s fitness to serve, Singer v. State, 109 So. 2d 7…