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.

• applying the competent substantial evidence standard to review the trial court’s determination as to whether entitlement to immunity was proven by a preponderance of the evidence
• “justification for using deadly force in self defense, which includes the ‘stand your ground’ defense, does not apply to a person who provokes the attack.”
• on appeal of s. 776.032 statutory immunity determination, trial court’s findings of fact are presumed correct and will not be reversed if supported by competent substantial evidence
• “[E]vidence that is inextricably intertwined with the crimes charged is admissible . . . where it is impossible to give a complete and intelligible account of the crime charged without referring to the other crime.”
• reviewing the issue on direct appeal

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

14 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Little v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2013-04-10· cited 44×
• Mederos v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2012-08-10· cited 33×
• Mobley v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2014-01-02· cited 19×
• Joseph v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2012-12-12· cited 18×
• Pages v. Seliman-Tapia
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2014-03-12· cited 11×
• James Wyatt McGriff v. State of Florida
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2015-04-07· cited 9×
• Spires v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2015-12-09· cited 6×
• Finkelstein v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2015-02-26· cited 4×
• Pierce v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2016-08-17· cited 1×
• Rivera v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2019-06-21· cited 1×
• State v. MICHAEL ANTHONY HESTER
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2021-03-24
• Ford v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2015-09-03
• DAMON DARLING v. THE STATE OF FLORIDA
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2022-08-31
• Pierce Nelson Hoempler v. State of Florida
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2025-03-26

Cites

15 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Boyd v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2005-06-16· cited 116×
• Wright v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2009-09-03· cited 100×
• Dennis v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2010-12-16· cited 91×
• State v. Vazquez
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1982-09-14· cited 72×
• Peterson v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2008-04-23· cited 64×
• Crossley v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1992-03-19· cited 61×
• Marshall v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2003-06-12· cited 52×
• Devoney v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1998-08-18· cited 42×
• Dorsey v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2011-10-19· cited 30×
• Loredo v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2003-02-07· cited 15×
• State v. Yaqubie
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2010-06-16· cited 14×
• MONESTIME v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2010-08-18· cited 9×
• Harris v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2006-10-18· cited 7×
• Payton v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1967-06-13· cited 7×
• State ex rel. G.M.F. v. W.F.F.
  Court of Civil Appeals of Alabama· 1996-12-06· cited 5×