Darling v. State

How courts have described this case

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

• “Consequently, postconviction relief proceedings, while technically classified as civil actions, are actually quasi-criminal in nature because they are heard and disposed of by courts with criminal jurisdiction.” (alteration in original

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

19 cases in this archive cite this case.

• People v. Boyce
  California Supreme Court· 2014-07-24· cited 238×
• Troy v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2011-01-06· cited 48×
• Askari Abdullah Muhammad f/k/a Thomas Knight v. State of Florida
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2014-01-03· cited 42×
• Mungin v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2011-10-27· cited 29×
• William James Deparvine v. State of Florida
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2014-04-24· cited 21×
• Correll v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2015-10-02· cited 16×
• Michael L. King v. State of Florida
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2017-01-26· cited 15×
• Smith v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2013-09-12· cited 11×
• Joseph P. Smith v. State of Florida
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2014-09-11· cited 8×
• Andrew Richard Allred v. State of Florida
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2016-01-14· cited 5×
• James Daniel Turner v. State of Florida
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2014-05-15· cited 4×
• Charles Ray Crawford v. Earnest Lee
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2016-12-15· cited 4×
• William James Deparvine v. State of Florida – Revised Opinion
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2014-08-28
• League of Women Voters of Florida v. Rick Scott, Governor
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2017-12-14
• William Earl Sweet v. State of Florida
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2020-02-27
• Meryl S. McDonald v. State of Florida
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2020-06-04
• State of Florida v. Michael James Jackson
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2020-11-25
• Bryan Fredrick Jennings v. State of Florida & Bryan Fredrick Jennings v. State of Florida & Bryan Fredrick Jennings v. Secretary, Department of Corrections
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2025-11-06
• Angel Daniel Caraballo v. State of Florida
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2025-10-24

Cites

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

• O'NEAL v. McAninch
  Supreme Court· 1995-02-21· cited 1,687×
• Muhammad v. Close
  Supreme Court· 2004-02-25· cited 1,435×
• Baze v. Rees
  Supreme Court· 2008-04-16· cited 1,040×
• Printz v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1997-06-27· cited 937×
• Nelson v. Campbell
  Supreme Court· 2004-05-24· cited 909×
• Hill v. McDonough
  Supreme Court· 2006-06-12· cited 658×
• Murray v. Giarratano
  Supreme Court· 1989-06-23· cited 547×
• Harbison v. Bell
  Supreme Court· 2009-04-01· cited 531×
• Freeman v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2000-06-08· cited 331×
• McLin v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2002-09-12· cited 146×
• Darling v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2002-01-03· cited 134×
• Tompkins v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2008-11-07· cited 121×
• Larry Hutcherson v. Bob Riley
  Eleventh Circuit· 2006-10-24· cited 120×
• Lightbourne v. McCollum
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2007-11-01· cited 102×
• Darling v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2007-07-12· cited 84×
• Tompkins v. Secretary, Department of Corrections
  Eleventh Circuit· 2009-02-09· cited 70×
• Schwab v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2007-11-01· cited 64×
• Lebron v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2008-05-01· cited 63×
• Diaz v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2006-12-08· cited 55×
• Walter HILL, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Joe S. HOPPER, Commissioner of Alabama Department of Corrections, Defendant-Appellee
  Eleventh Circuit· 1997-04-17· cited 50×