Chavers v. State

How courts have described this case

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

• holding the lower court erred in failing to give the requested instruction in a self-defense case where the defendant testified that he suffered from a nervous condition and that he reacted out of fear for his own safety

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

9 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Cliff Berry, Inc. v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2012-01-04· cited 14×
• Davis v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2006-09-20· cited 11×
• Barnes v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2013-02-27· cited 11×
• Peterson v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2009-12-18· cited 9×
• Curtis James Jackson v. State of Florida
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2018-08-10· cited 3×
• MICHAEL RADLER v. STATE OF FLORIDA
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2020-02-12
• DEMETRIUS ELDER v. STATE OF FLORIDA
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2020-05-27
• JOSE MIKE ESPICHAN v. STATE OF FLORIDA
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2024-07-19
• Corey Stephen Smith v. State of Florida
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2025-06-27

Cites

8 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Pope v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1984-10-02· cited 23×
• Langston v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2001-04-20· cited 22×
• Smiley v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1981-03-10· cited 15×
• Goode v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2003-10-22· cited 12×
• Terwilliger v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1988-12-19· cited 10×
• Parrish v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1959-07-31· cited 5×
• Thomas v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1989-08-04· cited 3×
• J.T.R. v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2005-05-18· cited 1×