Griffin v. State, 104 So. 3d 990 (Fla. 2012). · Go Syfert
Griffin v. State, 104 So. 3d 990 (Fla. 2012). Cases Citing This Book View Copy Cite
70 citation events (70 in the last 25 years) across 3 distinct courts.
Strongest positive: State of Florida v. Leo Louis Kaczmar, III & Leo Louis Kaczmar, III v. Secretary, Department of Corrections (fla, 2026-02-19)
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Top citers, strongest first. 14 distinct citers. How cited ↗
examined Cited as authority (rule) State of Florida v. Leo Louis Kaczmar, III & Leo Louis Kaczmar, III v. Secretary, Department of Corrections (7×) also: Cited "see"
Fla. · 2026 · confidence medium
Id. at 1007-08.
discussed Cited as authority (rule) GLENN JACKSON v. STATE OF FLORIDA
Fla. Dist. Ct. App. · 2020 · confidence medium
The supreme court has answered that question in Kaczmar v. State, 104 So. 3d 990, 1005-06 (Fla. 2012), concluding that it is not fundamental error: Kaczmar contends that the trial court fundamentally erred in not sua sponte providing a special jury instruction on heat of passion.
discussed Cited as authority (rule) Enoch D Hall v. State of Florida
Fla. · 2018 · confidence medium
We note that our conclusion in this regard is also consistent with our pre-Hurst precedent in Kaczmar v. State, 104 So. 3d 990, 1008 (Fla. 2012), where we held that, upon striking the CCP and felony-murder aggravating factors so that only one valid aggravating factor remained, such error was not harmless beyond a reasonable doubt.
discussed Cited as authority (rule) Nock v. State
Fla. Dist. Ct. App. · 2017 · confidence medium
The purpose of the rule is to “avoid the potential for creating misleading impressions by taking statements out of context.” Kaczmar v. State, 104 So.3d 990, 1000-01 (Fla. 2012) (quoting Larzelere v. State, 676 So.2d 394, 401 (Fla. 1996)).
examined Cited as authority (rule) Leo Louis Kaczmar, III v. State of Florida (6×) also: Cited "see"
Fla. · 2017 · confidence medium
STATEMENT OF THE CASE AND FACTS We previously set forth the relevant facts in Kaczmar v. State, 104 So. 3d 990, 995-98 (Fla. 2012).
discussed Cited as authority (rule) Zachary Taylor Wood v. State of Florida (2×)
Fla. · 2017 · confidence medium
We note that our conclusion in this regard is also consistent with our pre-Hurst precedent in Kaczmar v. State, 104 So. 3d 990, 1008 (Fla. 2012), where we held - 31 - that, upon striking the CCP and felony-murder aggravating factors so that only one valid aggravating factor remained, such error was not harmless beyond a reasonable doubt.
cited Cited as authority (rule) Tavares David Calloway v. State of Florida
Fla. · 2017 · confidence medium
Kaczmar v. State, 104 So.3d 990, 1000 (Fla. 2012) (citing § 90.803(18), Fla. Stat. (2007)).
discussed Cited as authority (rule) Joseph Edward Jordan v. State of Florida Corrected Opinion (2×) also: Cited "see"
Fla. · 2015 · confidence medium
We have held that “[i]t is appropriate for an attorney who does not misstate the law to relate it to the facts of the case in closing argument.” Kaczmar v. State, 104 So. 3d 990, 1006 (Fla. 2012).
discussed Cited as authority (rule) Joseph Edward Jordan v. State of Florida (2×) also: Cited "see"
Fla. · 2015 · confidence medium
We have held that “[i]t is appropriate for an attorney who does not mis *928 state the law to relate it to the facts of the case in closing argument.” Kaczmar v. State, 104 So.3d 990, 1006 (Fla.2012).
examined Cited as authority (rule) State v. Adams (Slip Opinion) (3×)
Ohio · 2015 · confidence medium
E.g., Commonwealth v. Knox, 105 A.3d 1194, 1197-1198 (Pa.2014); Batiste v. State, 121 So.3d 808, 840 (Miss.2013); Kaczmar v. State, 104 So.3d 990, 1003 (Fla.2012); State v. Santiago, 305 Conn. 101 , 183, 49 A.3d 566 (2012), citing State v. Chapman, 229 Conn. 529, 539 , 643 A.2d 1213 (1994); State v. Fortune, 2011 ME 125 , 34 A.3d 1115, ¶ 29 ; People v. Becoats, 17 N.Y.3d 643, 654 , 934 N.Y.S.2d 737 , 958 N.E.2d 865 (2011); State v. Berry, 227 W.Va. 221, 230 , 707 S.E.2d 831 (2011); State v. Mailman, 148 N.M. 702 , 2010-NMSC-036 , 242 P.3d 269, ¶ 11 ; Inyamah v. United States, 956 A.2d 58, 62…
discussed Cited as authority (rule) McCoy v. State
Fla. · 2013 · confidence medium
For example, in Kaczmar v. State, 104 So.3d 990, 1006-07 (Fla.2012), this Court agreed with the defendant’s argument that the murder was not “cold” because he was “not planning to kill” the victim but instead “killed her in a frenzied rage.” In Russ v. State, 73 So.3d 178, 193 (Fla.2011), we rejected a challenge to the “cold” element of CCP, but explained as the basis for doing so that “the murder was premeditated” and described how the defendant “waited inside of [the victim’s] home for at least eight or nine hours, during which he had time to calmly reflect prior to…
cited Cited as authority (rule) Calhoun v. State
Fla. · 2013 · confidence medium
Kaczmar v. State, 104 So.3d 990, 1000-01 (Fla.2012) (alterations in original).
discussed Cited "see" Sonny Boy Oats, Jr. v. Julie L. Jones, etc. (2×)
Fla. · 2017 · signal: see · confidence high
See Kaczmar v. State, 104 So.3d 990, 1008 (Fla. 2012); see also Wood v. State, 209 So.3d 1217, 1234 (Fla. 2017).
discussed Cited "see, e.g." SCOTT MCDERMOTT vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fla. Dist. Ct. App. · 2023 · signal: see also · confidence medium
We affirm on all such matters without further discussion. 5 communications privilege . . . .”)); see also Kaczmar v. State, 104 So. 3d 990, 999 (Fla. 2012) (noting that a claim of husband-wife privilege is reviewed for an abuse of discretion).
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Michael Allen GRIFFIN
v.
STATE of Florida
No. SC11-1271.
Supreme Court of Florida.
Aug 30, 2012.
104 So. 3d 990
Terri Lynn Backhus of Backhus & Iza-kowitz, P.A., Tampa, FL, for Appellant., Pamela Jo Bondi, Attorney General, Tallahassee, FL, and Sandra Sue Jaggard, Assistant Attorney General, Miami, FL, for Appellee.
Canady, Labarga, Lewis, Pariente, Perry, Polston, Quince.
Published
PER CURIAM.

Affirmed. See Walton v. State, 77 So.3d 639 (Fla.2011).

It is so ordered.

POLSTON, C.J., and PARIENTE, LEWIS, QUINCE, CANADY, LABARGA, and PERRY, JJ., concur.