Davis 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 defendant’s proximity to drugs discovered in public alley was insufficient, without more, to prove his constructive possession of drugs
• holding that evidence of only proximity to the drugs in a public area was insufficient to convict under a constructive possession theory
• holding that evidence of only proximity to the drugs in a public area was insufficient to convict under a constructive possession theory
• finding the State failed to prove concealment where a firearm may have been in ordinary sight but was not visible to officers in darkness
• reversing conviction for carrying concealed firearm where state failed to prove concealment because black firearm might have been in plain view but not visible to officers in darkness
• proof of mere proximity of the defendant to the drugs is insufficient to sustain a conviction for constructive possession

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Bronson v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2006-04-28· cited 20×
• C.H.S. v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2001-09-26· cited 20×
• J.S.M. v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2006-12-08· cited 15×
• Edmond v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2007-08-22· cited 12×
• R.R.W. v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2005-09-30· cited 12×
• King v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2002-05-17· cited 10×
• Evans v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2010-01-20· cited 9×
• Downard v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2001-08-10· cited 9×
• Jean-Marie v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2006-11-15· cited 8×
• Rocker v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2013-08-30· cited 8×
• State v. Yarn
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2011-05-20· cited 8×
• G.G. v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2012-03-30· cited 8×
• E.T.R. v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2004-05-26· cited 7×
• J.J.N. v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2004-07-02· cited 6×
• Tucker v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2016-08-12· cited 5×
• D.M.C. v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2003-11-14· cited 5×
• Lindsey v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2001-09-13· cited 3×
• Adams v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2008-08-15· cited 2×
• Blackmon v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2011-02-09· cited 1×
• F.Q. v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2012-10-17· cited 1×

Cites

18 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Miranda v. Arizona
  Supreme Court· 1966-06-13· cited 58,288×
• McArthur v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1977-09-30· cited 185×
• State v. Allen
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1976-07-21· cited 155×
• Mayo v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1954-03-16· cited 113×
• Dupree v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1998-01-07· cited 70×
• Arant v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1972-01-18· cited 42×
• Chaudoin v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1978-08-23· cited 40×
• Agee v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1988-04-06· cited 29×
• Green v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1995-08-02· cited 28×
• Isaac v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1999-03-17· cited 23×
• Scott v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1991-05-30· cited 21×
• Smith v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1997-01-22· cited 20×
• Tanksley v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1976-05-12· cited 14×
• Lopez v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1997-12-31· cited 12×
• State v. Snyder
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1994-04-27· cited 12×
• I.F.T. v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1993-10-29· cited 11×
• Hannah v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1999-12-17· cited 3×
• State v. Blanco
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1997-12-03· cited 2×