District Court of Appeal of Florida· 5/15/1979
Griffin v. State
Citations
- 370 So. 2d 860
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- holding that in prosecution for burglary it was reversible error to give instruction regarding possession of stolen property when evidence did not disclose that defendant was ever in possession of the property
- holding that erroneous issuance of “possession of recently stolen property” instruction was “highly prejudicial” when the crucial issue was identity of the appellant as one of the participants in the crime
- \the giving of this charge absent appropriate factual basis in the record is reversible error.\
- jury instructions must be confined to issues concerning evidence received at trial
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18 cases in this archive cite this case.
- State v. WimberlySupreme Court of Florida· 1986-12-11· cited 137×
- Consalvo v. StateSupreme Court of Florida· 1997-10-16· cited 84×
- Butler v. StateSupreme Court of Florida· 1986-09-04· cited 70×
- Ridley v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida· 1981-12-23· cited 49×
- Smith v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida· 1980-01-02· cited 29×
- Lewis v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida· 1997-05-14· cited 28×
- Scobee v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida· 1986-05-05· cited 22×
- Buford v. WainwrightSupreme Court of Florida· 1983-03-17· cited 16×
- Edwards v. StateSupreme Court of Florida· 1980-01-31· cited 14×
- Lynn v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida· 1981-03-25· cited 13×
- Walton v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida· 1981-09-24· cited 11×
- Bozeman v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida· 2006-06-07· cited 9×
- Boone v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida· 1998-04-29· cited 9×
- Ward v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida· 2010-07-14· cited 5×
- State v. JonesDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida· 2003-07-16· cited 3×
- McClellan v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida· 1983-04-29· cited 3×
- Tobe v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida· 1983-08-02· cited 2×
- Dunsford v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida· 1981-05-28· cited 1×
Cites
6 cases in this archive are cited by this case.
- United States v. AshSupreme Court· 1973-06-21· cited 868×
- State v. YoungSupreme Court of Florida· 1968-12-10· cited 103×
- Cone v. StateSupreme Court of Florida· 1953-12-08· cited 17×
- Palmer v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida· 1975-12-19· cited 15×
- Solomon v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida· 1962-10-10· cited 12×
- Presley v. StateSupreme Court of Florida· 1912-01-15· cited 9×
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