Holland v. State

How courts have described this case

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

• rejecting the common law crime of misprision of a felony as “not suited to our present conditions, our public policy, our traditions or our sense of right and justice”
• the possible consequences of adopting the all-encompassing common law crime of misprision of a felony “illustrate the potential mischief of the charge and the possible discriminatory, oppressive or absurd results thereof’
• “While it may be desirable, even essential, that we encourage citizens to ‘get involved’ to help reduce crime, they ought not be adjudicated criminals themselves if they don’t. . . . We cherish the right to mind our own business when our best interests dictate.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

5 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Pope v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1979-01-19· cited 138×
• Hutchinson v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1975-06-18· cited 58×
• Bowen v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2001-06-08· cited 22×
• Percival v. People
  Supreme Court of The Virgin Islands· 2014-08-12· cited 5×
• Roberts v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1975-08-29· cited 4×

Cites

8 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Hargrove v. Town of Cocoa Beach
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1957-06-28· cited 285×
• Ripley v. Ewell
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1952-11-14· cited 69×
• Bratton v. United States
  Tenth Circuit· 1934-11-17· cited 44×
• Duval v. Thomas
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1959-07-17· cited 41×
• Neal v. United States
  Eighth Circuit· 1939-04-03· cited 39×
• Commonwealth v. Lopes
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1945-06-28· cited 18×
• Morgenthaler v. First Atlantic National Bank
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1955-05-18· cited 17×
• Wax v. Wilson
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1958-03-06· cited 10×