Dennis 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 where a criminal defendant files a motion to dismiss pursuant to section 776.032, the trial court should conduct a pretrial evidentiary hearing and decide the factual question of the applicability of statutory immunity
• holding it is proper to deny a motion to dismiss based on statutory immunity when there are disputed issues of material fact
• “Section 776.032(1) expressly grants defendants a substantive right to not be arrested, detained, charged, or prosecuted as a result of the use of legally justified force.”
• “In summary, we conclude that the procedure set out by the First District in Peterson best effectuates the intent of the Legislature .... ”
• “The trial court recognized that no procedure had yet been enacted for deciding claims of immunity under section 776.032(1).”
• “The trial court recognized that no procedure had yet been enacted for deciding claims of immunity under section 776.032(1).”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• State v. Ultreras
  Supreme Court of Kansas· 2013-03-01· cited 70×
• State v. Duncan
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 2011-05-09· cited 43×
• Jared Bretherick v. State of Florida
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2015-07-09· cited 42×
• Timothy Davis, Sr. v. City of Apopka
  Eleventh Circuit· 2023-08-28· cited 41×
• State v. Phillips
  Supreme Court of Kansas· 2021-01-15· cited 39×
• Jackson v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2012-11-15· cited 38×
• Mederos v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2012-08-10· cited 33×
• Love v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2018-05-11· cited 32×
• Anthony Cruz v. State of Florida
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2015-05-20· cited 26×
• Mobley v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2014-01-02· cited 19×
• Florida Highway Patrol, a division etc. v. Lashonta Renea Jackson, as Per. Rep. etc.
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2018-02-23· cited 18×
• Joseph v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2012-12-12· cited 18×
• Ketan Kumar v. Nirav C. Patel
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2017-09-28· cited 16×
• Darling v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2012-02-29· cited 16×
• State v. Hardy
  Court of Appeals of Kansas· 2015-03-27· cited 15×
• Viera v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2015-04-08· cited 11×
• State v. Vino
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2012-09-27· cited 11×
• Macchione v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2013-10-11· cited 10×
• Alexander v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2013-09-26· cited 9×
• Bretherick v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2013-11-01· cited 9×

Cites

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

• State v. DiGuilio
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1986-07-17· cited 2,703×
• People v. Guenther
  Supreme Court of Colorado· 1987-07-13· cited 185×
• Martinez v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2008-02-21· cited 123×
• McDole v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1973-05-16· cited 82×
• Peterson v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2008-04-23· cited 64×
• State v. Kalogeropolous
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2000-05-11· cited 56×
• Reeves v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2007-05-17· cited 44×
• City of Tampa v. Thatcher Glass Corp.
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1984-02-09· cited 41×
• State v. Bodden
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2004-04-15· cited 39×
• Dorelus v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1999-09-30· cited 30×
• Steinhorst v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1994-04-21· cited 29×
• Velasquez v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2009-02-02· cited 16×
• Breau v. Whitmore
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1952-07-01· cited 16×
• State Ex Rel. Hough v. Popper
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1973-12-19· cited 15×
• State v. Yatman
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1975-05-09· cited 14×
• Lewis v. Mosley
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1967-11-13· cited 14×
• Dennis v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2009-03-11· cited 12×
• Owen v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1983-12-12· cited 7×
• State v. Pollock
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1992-07-14· cited 5×
• Parrish v. AmSouth Bank, N.A.
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1995-05-17· cited 3×