Akins v. State

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• stating that, “[i]n State v. Gray, ... the court ruled that an indictment or information failing to allege an essential element of a crime did not charge a crime and that this constitutes both denial of due process and fundamental error”
• “Generally, an inmate’s grievance regarding the conditions of his confinement at a certain institution becomes moot upon his transfer to another facility.”
• “[A]n indictment, unlike an information, cannot be amended, not even by a grand jury, to charge a different, similar, or new offense.” (citing Smith, 424 So. 2d at 729)

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

12 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Johnson v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2007-07-05· cited 94×
• Harrell v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1998-09-18· cited 14×
• Jordan v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2001-12-21· cited 13×
• Metellus v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2002-05-31· cited 9×
• Anderson v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2012-08-09· cited 8×
• Rainey v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1999-09-22· cited 6×
• Akins v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2012-11-30· cited 6×
• Baker v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2009-03-10· cited 5×
• Harkness v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2000-11-09· cited 2×
• Rojas v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2014-10-10· cited 2×
• Price v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2000-06-08· cited 1×
• Rene Woodall Lemos v. State of Florida
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2026-03-20

Cites

12 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• State v. Gray
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1995-05-04· cited 232×
• State v. Gray
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1983-07-21· cited 105×
• Smith v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1982-10-28· cited 61×
• Smith v. Florida
  Supreme Court· 1983-06-20· cited 39×
• Williams v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1995-02-09· cited 18×
• Forshee v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1991-05-17· cited 15×
• Zanger v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1989-08-30· cited 12×
• Jozens v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1995-01-26· cited 10×
• Evans v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1994-06-29· cited 8×
• Huene v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1990-11-16· cited 7×
• Smith v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1976-01-06· cited 4×
• Upshaw v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1995-12-13· cited 3×