Edwards v. State

How courts have described this case

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

• determining that Edwards’ erratic and dangerous driving amounted to a breach of the peace, justifying a citizen’s arrest by an officer outside his jurisdiction
• “At common law, a private citizen may arrest a person who in the citizen’s presence commits a felony or breach of the peace.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• State Ex Rel. State v. Gustke
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1999-05-21· cited 44×
• Winston Johnson v. Barnes & Noble Booksellers
  Eleventh Circuit· 2006-01-27· cited 24×
• State v. Furr
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1998-11-10· cited 14×
• Steiner v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1997-04-02· cited 11×
• State v. Chavez
  Court of Appeals of Arizona· 2004-09-14· cited 11×
• State v. Englehardt
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1985-03-27· cited 9×
• State v. Arroyos
  New Mexico Court of Appeals· 2005-05-23· cited 6×
• Dougan v. Bradshaw
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2016-07-13· cited 6×
• State v. McAteer
  Court of Appeals of South Carolina· 1998-12-21· cited 5×
• United States v. Shepherd
  United States Court of Military Appeals· 1991-09-04· cited 3×
• Mattos v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2016-08-24· cited 2×
• Department of Highway Safety & Motor Vehicles v. Leonard
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1998-09-11· cited 2×
• State of Arizona v. Max Valencia Chavez
  Court of Appeals of Arizona· 2004-09-14
• State v. Beseda
  Palm Beach County Court· 1988-04-01
• State v. Ramos
  Miami-Dade County Court· 1989-12-19
• Schwartz v. State
  Florida Circuit Courts· 1990-11-14
• Roberts v. Department of Highway Safety & Motor Vehicles
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2008-03-28
• STATE OF FLORIDA vs EDUARDO ARTURO TORRES
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2022-11-04
• STATE OF FLORIDA vs EDUARDO ARTURO TORRES
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2022-09-09
• Raulerson v. State of Florida
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2025-04-30

Cites

5 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Phoenix v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1984-06-21· cited 42×
• Schachter v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1976-10-19· cited 14×
• Cheatem v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1982-06-30· cited 12×
• B. A. A. v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1976-05-25· cited 10×
• State v. Schuyler
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1980-11-25· cited 5×