Cobb 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 that the State’s explanation for the use of a peremptory strike, that the prospective juror was young and a student, was facially race-neutral
• concluding that it was not unreasonable to strike a prospective juror in a drug case when the State genuinely believed that the juror's youth and status as a student would cause her to be more lenient
• concluding that it was not unreasonable to strike a prospective juror in a drug case when the State genuinely believed that the prospective juror’s youth and status as a student would cause her to be more lenient
• concluding that it was not unreasonable to strike a prospective juror in a drug case when the State genuinely believed that the prospective juror’s youth and status as a student would cause her to be more lenient
• prosecutor's explanation for striking black prospective juror on a drug case on the basis of age and status as a student was facially race-neutral and acceptable as genuine
• “Florida courts have often invalidated a peremptory challenge as a pretext where the excused juror was not questioned and shown to share the alleged group bias.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

15 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Quentin Marcus Truehill v. State of Florida
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2017-02-23· cited 49×
• Nowell v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2008-12-30· cited 29×
• Cook v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2012-12-05· cited 11×
• Wallace v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2004-12-15· cited 9×
• Landis v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2014-07-16· cited 8×
• JOHN PACCHIANA v. STATE OF FLORIDA
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2018-02-14· cited 7×
• Douglas v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2003-04-16· cited 4×
• Tommy West v. State of Florida
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2015-07-29· cited 4×
• Stroia v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2013-09-04· cited 3×
• Crews v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2006-03-08· cited 2×
• Strohm v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2012-04-04· cited 1×
• Hayes v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2012-07-11· cited 1×
• Mitchell Landis v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2014-07-16
• Phelps v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2017-11-08
• WILLIAM PAUL DABBS v. STATE OF FLORIDA
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2021-11-17

Cites

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

• Batson v. Kentucky
  Supreme Court· 1986-04-30· cited 16,401×
• Purkett v. Elem
  Supreme Court· 1995-05-15· cited 3,008×
• Melbourne v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1996-09-05· cited 356×
• State v. Slappy
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1988-03-10· cited 333×
• Rodriguez v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2000-02-03· cited 222×
• Fotopoulos v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1992-10-15· cited 155×
• Reed v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1990-03-01· cited 80×
• Files v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1992-12-10· cited 39×
• Young v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1999-09-29· cited 36×
• Johnson v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1998-02-25· cited 24×
• Jones v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2001-05-02· cited 21×
• Overstreet v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1998-06-17· cited 19×
• King v. Byrd
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1998-08-26· cited 15×
• Rivera v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1996-04-03· cited 15×
• Hernandez v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1997-01-08· cited 13×
• Symonette v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2001-02-28· cited 12×
• Gadson v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1990-05-30· cited 11×
• Hicks v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1991-12-18· cited 10×
• Morris v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1996-10-09· cited 10×
• Foster v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2000-07-19· cited 8×