Alexander v. State

How courts have described this case

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

• finding that the trial court committed fundamental error by giving standard jury instruction providing that self-defense applied only if the victim suffered an “injury”
• finding that the trial court committed fundamental error by giving standard jury instruction providing that self- defense applied only if the victim suffered an \injury\
• finding fundamental error in the inclusion of the words “the injury” in the self-defense-jury instruction in an aggravated assault casé where the defendant fired a warning shot
• “The defendant’s burden is only to raise a reasonable doubt concerning self-defense.”
• “The defendant’s burden is only to raise a reasonable doubt concerning self-defense.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

6 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Jared Bretherick v. State of Florida
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2015-07-09· cited 42×
• Charlie Williams v. State of Florida
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2014-09-09· cited 7×
• Lavonne Travis McAllister v. State of Florida
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2014-11-11
• McAllister v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2014-11-12
• Jackson v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2015-11-13
• Corey Stephen Smith v. State of Florida
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2025-06-27

Cites

12 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Martinez v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2008-02-21· cited 123×
• Dennis v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2010-12-16· cited 91×
• Smith v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1988-01-21· cited 87×
• Peterson v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2008-04-23· cited 64×
• Murray v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2006-09-13· cited 21×
• Hamilton v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1956-06-29· cited 19×
• Montijo v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2011-04-15· cited 18×
• Hair v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2009-08-19· cited 17×
• Bassallo v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2010-11-10· cited 14×
• Garrido v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2012-09-12· cited 12×
• Brown v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2011-05-04· cited 6×
• Alvarado v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2012-07-06· cited 3×