Griffin 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 an erroneous instruction on the lesser-included offense of manslaughter by act was not fundamental error in a prosecution for second-degree murder because the defendant conceded the manner of the crime but presented the defense of mistaken identity
• holding Montgomery error not fundamental where “intent to kill” was not a disputed element, stating “[t]here is no dispute regarding the elements of an offense when the manner of the crime is conceded and the sole defense is mistaken identity.”
• “Because there was no dispute regarding the element of intent, the erroneous jury instruction on the intent element of the lesser included offense of manslaughter did not constitute fundamental error.”
• “Because there was no dispute regarding the element of intent, the erroneous jury instruction on the intent element of the lesser included offense of manslaughter did not constitute fundamental error.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

6 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Moore v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2015-05-06· cited 3×
• Berube v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2014-10-24· cited 3×
• Nieves v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2014-08-08· cited 2×
• King v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2015-07-29· cited 2×
• Ebron v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2013-11-20· cited 1×
• Garcia v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2014-08-01

Cites

8 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• State v. Delva
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1991-02-21· cited 308×
• State v. Montgomery
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2010-04-08· cited 288×
• Haygood v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2013-02-14· cited 89×
• Battle v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2005-09-01· cited 49×
• Daniels v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2013-06-06· cited 47×
• Joyner v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2010-07-07· cited 26×
• Davis v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2003-03-19· cited 11×
• Ingraham v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2010-04-28· cited 10×