Legal Opinion
Purcell v. State
District Court of Appeal of Florida
Decided June 23, 1999No. 98-0674PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
735 So.2d 579 (1999)
Linda PURCELL, Appellant,
v.
STATE of Florida, Appellee.
No. 98-0674.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.
June 23, 1999.
Valerie Jonas, Miami Beach, for appellant.
Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Robert R. Wheeler, Assistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach, for appellee.
FARMER, J.
We reverse defendant's conviction because the trial judge refused to permit defense counsel to impeach a key prosecution witness by showing bias.
We will not here detail all the background except to note that the case was essentially a swearing match between…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Davis v. AlaskaSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Alford v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1904
- Gibson v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1995
- McFadden v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1999
- Jones v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1980
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3Cited by12 opinions
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- Rowley v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2006
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