Blake v. State

How courts have described this case

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

• recognizing that police commands may constitute seizure under some circumstances, yet also recognizing that police encounters to determine individual’s identity and address—goal of police in present case—is not unlawful seizure
• nothing more than consensual encounter occurred when officer illuminated his spotlight to see individuals sitting in vehicle and defendant subsequently exited vehicle
• ‘‘[i]f . . . the officer phrases his or her inquiries as commands, this action would indicate that the individual was not free to leave’’
• [i]f . . . the officer phrases his or her inquiries as commands, this action would indicate that the individual was not free to leave
• “Officers may during consensual encounters ask for names and addresses, inquire about the defendant’s business, or request a consent to search.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

12 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Robinson v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2008-03-28· cited 9×
• State v. Goodwin
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2010-06-09· cited 8×
• LEROY v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2008-06-02· cited 7×
• P.W. v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2007-09-19· cited 7×
• State v. Jennings
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2007-11-21· cited 6×
• State v. Tullis
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2007-12-28· cited 2×
• PW v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2007-09-19
• Ellis v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2008-06-10
• State v. Edmonds
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 2016-09-13
• State v. Jordan C. Beans
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2017-03-31
• STATE OF FLORIDA v. SEBASTION TIGNER
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2019-07-24
• State v. Marciano
  Connecticut Appellate Court· 2025-03-18

Cites

38 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Terry v. Ohio
  Supreme Court· 1968-06-10· cited 37,942×
• Florida v. Royer
  Supreme Court· 1983-03-23· cited 6,728×
• Popple v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1993-10-14· cited 417×
• Doorbal v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2003-01-30· cited 122×
• San Martin v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1998-06-11· cited 109×
• Hines v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1999-07-15· cited 46×
• State v. Kindle
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2001-04-12· cited 37×
• McMaster v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2001-03-30· cited 36×
• Hrezo v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2001-01-31· cited 34×
• Young v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2002-01-04· cited 32×
• State v. Baez
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2004-11-10· cited 28×
• State v. T.T.
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1992-02-28· cited 23×
• Dewberry v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2005-06-24· cited 22×
• Errickson v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2003-10-08· cited 19×
• State v. Mitchell
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1994-06-15· cited 17×
• Tate v. McDonough
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2006-07-06· cited 17×
• State v. Wells
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1987-12-03· cited 17×
• State v. Poole
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1999-03-10· cited 17×
• Houston v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2006-03-31· cited 16×
• Siplin v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2001-09-05· cited 15×