Coleman 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 if the explanation given is only arguably reasonable, or if there is any evidence which places it in doubt, the motion for judgment of acquittal should not be granted
• holding that if the explanation given is only arguably reasonable, or if there is any evidence which places it in doubt, the motion for judgment of acquittal should not be granted
• jury “was entitled to conclude that appellant’s explanation was unsatisfactory” because, among other things, “his credibility was impeached by his admission that he had been convicted of three prior felonies”
• “[T]he rule is that where a defendant gives a patently reasonable explanation for his possession of recently stolen goods which is totally unrefuted, and there is no other evidence of guilt, the court must direct a judgment of acquittal.”
• “Appellant, whose credibility was impeached by his admission that he had been convicted of three prior felonies, was found trying to sell the stolen items just a few hours after they had been stolen.... The jury was entitled to conclude that appellant’s explanation was unsatisfactory”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

22 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Blackmon v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2013-08-29· cited 22×
• Haugabrook v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2002-10-11· cited 20×
• Smith v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1999-08-13· cited 19×
• Jackson v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1999-06-09· cited 18×
• Wilson v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2004-04-14· cited 14×
• Patten v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1986-08-01· cited 10×
• Bertone v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2004-04-21· cited 8×
• Dellechiaie v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1998-09-04· cited 6×
• F.D. v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2006-02-22· cited 6×
• Yudin v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2013-07-17· cited 5×
• State v. Grimmage
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1988-03-23· cited 4×
• Rivers v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2013-08-23· cited 3×
• C.T. v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2017-11-29· cited 3×
• Youngs v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1999-06-09· cited 2×
• State v. Campbell
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2015-01-21· cited 1×
• G.R. v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1990-07-10· cited 1×
• J.H. v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2004-03-24· cited 1×
• FD v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2006-02-22
• Quinones v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2019-04-24
• A. L. v. STATE OF FLORIDA
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2019-07-10

Cites

7 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• State v. Young
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1968-12-10· cited 103×
• Ridley v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1981-12-23· cited 49×
• R. A. L. v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1981-09-01· cited 35×
• R.M. v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1984-05-22· cited 19×
• Edwards v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1980-01-31· cited 14×
• R.D.S. v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1984-03-20· cited 12×
• State v. Carroll
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1981-10-14· cited 11×