936 So. 2d 377 - Watts v. State’s Empirical Analysis
2006
Citation profile
2
cited by 2 later decisions
1
states following
October 2009
most recently cited
2 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Miranda v. State of Arizona Vignera · Terry v. Ohio · 895 So. 2d 836 - Bush v. State · Heidel v. State · 708 So. 2d 18 - Underwood v. State
Most-quoted passages
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“In determining whether error lies in the granting or refusal of various instructions, the instructions actually given must be read as a whole. When so read, if the instructions fairly announce the law of the case and create no injustice, no reversible error will be found. De fendants do not have an absolute right to have their jury instructions granted. A defendant is entitled to have jury instructions given which present his theory of the case; however, this entitlement is limited in that the court may refuse an instruction which incorrectly states the law, is fairly covered elsewhere in the instructions, or is without foundation in the evidence.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Pilgrim v. State
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