Legal Opinion
Matarranz v. State
Supreme Court of Florida
Decided September 26, 2013No. SC11-1617PublishedCited by 31 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtLewis, J.
In his final remarks to the jury, Atticus Finch, the heroic protagonist of Harper Lee’s iconic novel, To Kill a Mockingbird, proclaims
I’m no idealist to believe firmly in the integrity of our courts and in the jury system — -that is no ideal to me, it is a living, working reality. Gentlemen, a court is no better than each man of you sitting before me on this jury. A court is only as sound as its jury, and a jury is only as sound as the men who make it up.
Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird, 205 (Warner Books, Inc., 1960). The case before us today addresses the very heart in which Atticus’s…
2Cases cited30 opinions
- Murphy v. FloridaSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
- Parsons v. Bedford, Breedlove, & RobesonSupreme Court of the United States · 1830
- Singer v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1959
- Trotter v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1990
- Joiner v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1993
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3Cited by31 opinions
- & SC14-887 Neil K. Salazar v. State of Florida and Neil K. Salazar v. Julie L. Jones, etc.Supreme Court of Florida · 2016
- Kenneth R. Jackson v. State of FloridaSupreme Court of Florida · 2017
- Steven Anthony Cozzie v. State of FloridaSupreme Court of Florida · 2017
- Welch v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2016
- Luis A. Vega v. State of FloridaDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2016
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