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7 Florida opinions name it 1 courts 1999–2025 3 in the last five years
The cases below were cited by Florida courts in a sentence that names this issue. Sides come from how each citing opinion treated the case (Syfertize flag on that citation), so a case can appear on both: that is where the law is contested. A red or yellow chip is the case's own overall treatment.
| Case | Followed | Cited |
|---|---|---|
Webb v. Stategreen2 sentences2025See Talley v. State, 260 So. 3d 562, 571-72 (Fla. 3d DCA 2019) (“Generally speaking, the use of a curative instruction to dispel the prejudicial effect of an objectionable comment is sufficient.” (citing Jennings v. State, 124 So. 3d 257, 266 (Fla. 3d DCA 2013))). 2 2024See Jennings v. State, 124 So. 3d 257, 266 (Fla. 3d DCA 2013) (“Generally speaking, the use of a curative instruction to dispel the prejudicial effect of an objectionable comment is sufficient.” (quoting Rivera v. State, 745 So. 2d 343, 345 (Fla. 4th DCA 1999))). | 4 | 4 |
Rivera v. Stategreen2 sentences2024See Jennings v. State, 124 So. 3d 257, 266 (Fla. 3d DCA 2013) (“Generally speaking, the use of a curative instruction to dispel the prejudicial effect of an objectionable comment is sufficient.” (quoting Rivera v. State, 745 So. 2d 343, 345 (Fla. 4th DCA 1999))). 2019See Jennings v. State, 124 So. 3d 257, 266 (Fla. 3d DCA 2013) (“Generally speaking, the use of a curative instruction to dispel the prejudicial effect of an objectionable comment is sufficient.” (quoting Rivera v. State, 745 So. 2d 343, 345 (Fla. 4th DCA 1999))). | 3 | 3 |
Buenoano v. Stategreen2 sentences2013“Generally speaking, the use of a curative instruction to dispel the prejudicial effect of an objectionable comment is sufficient.” Rivera v. State, 745 So.2d 343, 345 (Fla. 4th DCA 1999) (citing Buenoano v. State, 527 So.2d 194 (Fla.1988)). 1999See Buenoano v. State, 527 So.2d 194 (Fla.1988), where, in addition to properly admitted collateral evidence of prior poisoning of the appellant's two other husbands and the appellant's receipt of life insurance proceeds, the state's witness gratuitously and improperly testified that the appellant had set fire to her own house to collect insurance proceeds. | 1 | 2 |
Talley v. Stategreen1 sentence2025See Talley v. State, 260 So. 3d 562, 571-72 (Fla. 3d DCA 2019) (“Generally speaking, the use of a curative instruction to dispel the prejudicial effect of an objectionable comment is sufficient.” (citing Jennings v. State, 124 So. 3d 257, 266 (Fla. 3d DCA 2013))). 2 | 1 | 1 |
Espute v. Stategreen1 sentence2013In Espute v. State, 85 So.3d 532, 536 (Fla. 4th DCA 2012), for example, the Fourth District held the trial court did not abuse its discretion in denying a mistrial after the prosecutor commented on the defendant’s right to silence during cross-examination of the defendant because the defense’s objection was sustained and followed by a curative instruction to “disregard the last question, draw no inferences from it” and cross out any notes regarding the comment. | 1 | 1 |
| Case | Negative | Cited |
|---|---|---|
| No negative-treatment citations attached to this issue in Florida. Read the followed side critically anyway. | ||
| Case | Cited | Years |
|---|---|---|
McArthur v. State
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1 sentence2016Moreover, “[generally speaking, the use of a curative instruction to dispel the prejudicial effect of an objectionable comment is sufficient.” Id. (internal quotation marks omitted). | 1 | 2016–2016 |
Opinions by the citing court's state. A doctrine retained in one state and abandoned in another shows up here as a year span that stalls.