Avila v. State

How courts have described this case

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

• where manslaughter is not a lesser-included offense to the degree of homicide charged, as in second degree felony murder, there is no logical basis for requiring instruction on the definitions of excusable and justifiable homicide

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

10 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Avila v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2001-01-17· cited 24×
• Christopher Dean v. State of Florida
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2017-08-31· cited 20×
• In Re STANDARD JURY INSTRUCTIONS IN CRIMINAL CASES— REPORT NO. 2013-03
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2014-08-28· cited 17×
• Philippe v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2001-09-05· cited 10×
• Heck v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2000-12-27· cited 8×
• Franco v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2005-04-20· cited 7×
• Chesnoff v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2003-03-21· cited 5×
• Christopher T. Dean v. State of Florida
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2016-05-18· cited 5×
• In Re: Standard Jury Instructions in Criminal Cases-Report 2017-06.
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2018-02-08· cited 4×
• Woody v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2010-02-10· cited 2×

Cites

6 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• State v. Smith
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1990-12-20· cited 126×
• State v. Hamilton
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1995-09-14· cited 72×
• State v. Bryan
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1973-11-14· cited 61×
• State v. Lucas
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1994-11-17· cited 58×
• Hamilton v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1994-11-16· cited 3×
• Thomas v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1988-05-11· cited 1×