Cope v. State

How courts have described this case

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

• pistol with butt and part of frame exposed instantly cognizable upon casual observation was not concealed
• “We hold that a pistol with the butt and part of the frame exposed on the front seat of a truck, instantly recognizable upon casual observation as a blue steel pistol with wood-grain handle grips, cannot be termed ‘concealed,’ given the ordinary meaning of that word.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

13 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Dorelus v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1999-09-30· cited 30×
• State v. Fernandez
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1988-06-07· cited 25×
• State v. Hardy
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1992-12-04· cited 6×
• Carpenter v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1992-02-14· cited 5×
• Main v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1994-11-22· cited 4×
• Gibson v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1991-03-22· cited 3×
• Lane v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1990-10-09· cited 3×
• Wilson v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1988-09-22· cited 2×
• Taylor v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1989-10-12· cited 2×
• State v. Vierra
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1990-03-13· cited 1×
• State v. Ruis
  Florida Circuit Courts· 1989-02-08
• JONATHAN MONTOYA-MARTINEZ v. THE STATE OF FLORIDA
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2021-11-10
• THE STATE OF FLORIDA v. DEMETREIUS MAYES
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2022-07-20

Cites

17 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Ensor v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1981-06-04· cited 198×
• Kennedy v. State
  Nebraska Supreme Court· 1960-11-10· cited 57×
• Shipley v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1966-06-27· cited 51×
• State v. Bordeaux
  Supreme Court of Missouri· 1960-07-11· cited 37×
• McKee v. State
  Alaska Supreme Court· 1971-09-24· cited 33×
• People v. Johnnie W. Jones
  Michigan Court of Appeals· 1968-06-28· cited 30×
• The People v. Euctice
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1939-02-22· cited 26×
• State v. McNary
  Idaho Supreme Court· 1979-06-06· cited 19×
• Marshall v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1973-09-26· cited 15×
• State v. Sellers
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1973-08-17· cited 12×
• State v. Rabatin
  New Jersey Superior Court App Division· 1953-03-05· cited 12×
• People v. Charron
  Michigan Court of Appeals· 1974-06-24· cited 12×
• Mitchell v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1986-07-11· cited 9×
• Prince v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976)· 1955-03-04· cited 8×
• State v. Teague
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1985-08-29· cited 6×
• People v. May
  California Court of Appeal· 1973-08-07· cited 6×
• People v. Williams
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1976-05-26· cited 4×