Legal Opinion
Patterson v. State
District Court of Appeal of Florida
Decided December 17, 1998No. 97-4452PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
725 So.2d 386 (1998)
Freddie R. PATTERSON, III, Appellant,
v.
STATE of Florida, Appellee.
No. 97-4452
District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.
December 17, 1998.
Steven L. Seliger of Garcia and Seliger, Quincy, for Appellant.
Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, Giselle Lylen Rivera, Assistant Attorney General, Tallahassee, for Appellee.
2Per curiam
Appellant complains that the trial court erred in permitting individual jurors to ask questions of witnesses. We disagree. The supreme court has approved juror questioning of witnesses so long as the trial court controls the procedure. Watson v. State,…
3Cases cited9 opinions
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- Commonwealth v. UrenaMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1994
- Watson v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1994
- Bradford v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1998
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4Cited by2 opinions
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