Jenkins v. State

How courts have described this case

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

• “If the statement is offered for some purpose other than its truth, it is not hearsay.”
• “When a statement is offered to prove what a person thought after the person heard the statement, it is being offered to prove the person’s state of mind and is not hearsay.”
• “[T]he statements of counsel during opening statements and closing arguments are not evidence[.]”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

8 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Billy Joe Pitts v. State of Florida
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2017-08-10· cited 8×
• North v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2017-06-09· cited 2×
• Corner Land, LLC v. Annex Indus. Park, LLC
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2019-06-26· cited 1×
• CHRISTOPHER A. STRACHAN v. STATE OF FLORIDA
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2019-10-02
• TERRELL EUGENE TUMBLIN v. STATE OF FLORIDA
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2020-09-02
• Marquis Xavier Goodwin v. State of Florida
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2025-04-04
• Corey Stephen Smith v. State of Florida
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2025-06-27
• Keosha Carn v. State of Florida
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2026-04-01

Cites

10 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• State v. DiGuilio
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1986-07-17· cited 2,703×
• Blackwood v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2000-12-21· cited 70×
• Penalver v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2006-02-02· cited 56×
• State v. Wiita
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1999-11-10· cited 17×
• Alfaro v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2002-09-25· cited 15×
• Petruschke v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2013-03-06· cited 12×
• Hansman v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1996-08-21· cited 11×
• King v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1996-12-19· cited 11×
• Duncan v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1993-03-25· cited 9×
• KRAMPERT v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2009-06-12· cited 4×