ORLAN W. ROCKMAN ET AL., APPELLANTS,

v.

W. H. CARTER ET AL., APPELLEES

Citator

Cited By

• Lawson v. State, 304 So. 2d 522 (Fla. 3d DCA 1974)
  …otion for a mistrial. During the midst of a criminal trial such motions should be granted with great care and caution and only where there is an absolute legal necessity. Kelly v. State, Fla.App.1967, 202 So. 2d 901; Sweetser v. State, Fla.App.1972, 258 So. 2d 287. However, it is our conclusion that under the circumstances of this case, where the witness made reference to a guilty verdict in a conviction (albeit inadvertently) which was void, the court was correct initially when it granted the motion for a m…
• Golden v. State, 629 So. 2d 109 (Fla. 1993)
  …) (drowning victim had been sexually assaulted and stabbed); Rutherford v. State, 545 So. 2d 853 (Fla.) (victim drowned in bathtub, but had numerous injuries), cert. denied, 493 U.S. 945, 110 S.Ct. 353, 107 L.Ed.2d 341 (1989); and Sweetser v. State, 258 So. 2d 287 (Fla. 3d DCA) (drowning victim had been struck on the head prior to death), cert. denied, 261 So. 2d 839 (Fla.1972); see also Preston v. State, 56 So. 2d 543 (Fla.1952) [*112] (manslaughter, no testimony as to cause of death); Savage v. State, 152 F…
• Eierle v. State, 358 So. 2d 1160 (Fla. 3d DCA 1978)
  …and according to the medical examiner the deceased met her death by suffocation or [*1161] strangulation. This was more than sufficient evidence to establish that the deceased met her death through the criminal agency of another. Sweetser v. State, 258 So. 2d 287 (Fla.3d DCA 1972); Freeman v. State, 101 So. 2d 887 (Fla.2d DCA 1958). As to the admissibility of the medical examiner’s testimony, a review of the record shows that the witness was a qualified pathologist, that he conducted a thorough autopsy on t…