Figueroa 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 relief may be provided to prevent a manifest injustice “in the exercise of this court’s inherent authority to grant a writ a habeas corpus”
• \[A charging document] is fundamentally defective where it . . . omits an essential element of the crime.\
• “[A]n information is fundamentally defective where it fails to cite a specific section and totally omits an essential element of the crime.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

15 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Calvin Weatherspoon v. State of Florida
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2017-04-06· cited 17×
• Ivory Lee Robinson v. State of Florida
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2017-04-04· cited 14×
• Williams v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2015-10-14· cited 7×
• LAVORIS JOHNSON v. STATE OF FLORIDA
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2017-08-23· cited 7×
• Lawshea v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2012-10-19· cited 6×
• Shultz v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2014-04-16· cited 3×
• Richards v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2018-01-26· cited 3×
• Jerome McClellion v. State of Florida
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2016-03-16· cited 2×
• Knight v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2017-11-29· cited 2×
• Calvin Weatherspoon v. State of Florida
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2015-06-24· cited 1×
• MICHAEL LENARD REED v. STATE OF FLORIDA
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2019-06-07
• THE STATE OF FLORIDA v. CARLOS ALBERTO AVILA
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2022-01-26
• J. M. v. State of Florida
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2025-01-31
• Facundo v. State of Florida
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2025-06-06
• Sawyers v. State of Florida
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2026-02-27

Cites

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

• State v. McBride
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2003-05-15· cited 335×
• State v. Gray
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1983-07-21· cited 105×
• DuBoise v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1988-02-04· cited 88×
• McMillan v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2002-12-27· cited 75×
• State v. Tripp
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1994-07-07· cited 58×
• Jaimes v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2010-12-09· cited 54×
• State v. Mancino
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1998-02-05· cited 46×
• Price v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2008-10-08· cited 37×
• Franke v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2008-10-22· cited 30×
• Altieri v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2002-12-26· cited 28×
• Davis v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2004-10-15· cited 23×
• Mesa v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1994-03-01· cited 19×
• Pena v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2002-10-18· cited 18×
• Lawton v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1999-03-31· cited 18×
• Inmon v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2006-06-21· cited 16×
• Stephens v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2008-01-18· cited 16×
• Whitehead v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2004-07-16· cited 14×
• Helmick v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1990-11-09· cited 12×
• Daniel v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2006-08-11· cited 11×
• McKenzie v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2010-03-26· cited 8×