Jones v. State

How courts have described this case

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

• stating that the court could not rely on observations of lay witnesses of events that occurred before law enforcement arrived to determine whether defendant was guilty of loitering and prowling
• evaluating sufficiency of the evidence to establish a new law violation as a basis to revoke probation under the de novo standard
• witnesses’ reports could not be used to support loitering or prowling; only officer’s observations could be considered
• “At the violation hearing, the State abandoned all allegations of violation except for k.4.”
• “the witnesses’ report of individuals knocking on their door cannot be considered.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

7 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Geoffrey Madge v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2015-03-04· cited 3×
• D.M.B., A CHILD v. STATE OF FLORIDA
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2018-07-11· cited 1×
• Wright v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2013-11-13· cited 1×
• ANTHONY v. NIEVES v. STATE OF FLORIDA
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2019-08-02
• C.C. v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2014-03-26
• CHARLES W. RANDOLPH, JR. v. STATE OF FLORIDA
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2023-01-25
• Benny Saintil v. State of Florida
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2025-03-26

Cites

11 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• State v. Carter
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2002-12-05· cited 108×
• D.A. v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1985-06-11· cited 64×
• Springfield v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1986-01-22· cited 25×
• B.J. v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2007-03-14· cited 13×
• Freeman v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1993-04-28· cited 12×
• Santiago v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2004-03-26· cited 12×
• V.E. v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1989-03-14· cited 12×
• Mills v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2011-04-27· cited 11×
• Hollingsworth v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2008-10-01· cited 6×
• Lucien v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1990-03-07· cited 6×
• A.D. v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2002-06-05· cited 4×