Ketan Kumar v. Nirav C. Patel

How courts have described this case

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

• noting that section 776.032, Florida Statutes, “provides immunity for a person who lawfully uses force in self-defense” (emphasis added)
• “hold[ing] that the Stand Your Ground law does not confer civil liability immunity to a criminal defendant who is determined to be immune from prosecution in the criminal case”
• “[S]uspects will often claim self-defense even when the facts would not appear to support such a claim.”
• “The Legislature, however, did not suggest procedural mechanisms for invoking and determining Stand Your Ground immunity.”
• \The Stand Your Ground law in Florida eliminates the common law duty to retreat before using force in self-defense . . . .\
• “The Legislature, however, did not suggest procedural mechanisms for invoking and determining Stand Your Ground immunity.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

13 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Timothy Davis, Sr. v. City of Apopka
  Eleventh Circuit· 2023-08-28· cited 41×
• RONALD HIGHT, JR. v. STATE OF FLORIDA
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2018-08-08· cited 23×
• Gordon v. Fishman
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2018-08-24· cited 6×
• TREVOR DOOLEY v. STATE OF FLORIDA
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2019-04-03· cited 4×
• Davis v. City of Apopka
  M.D. Florida· 2018-12-21· cited 3×
• McNulty v. Bowser
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2018-01-01
• Tashara Love v. State of Florida
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2019-12-19
• JUSTIN BAILEY v. THE STATE OF FLORIDA
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2022-01-19
• JAMES T. NADELL v. APACHULA B. HURSEY
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2023-06-21
• Arethea Hurbert, an incompetent person, by and through her guardian ad litem and next friend, Leslie Barineau v. Stephon Green and The City of Birmingham
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 2025-09-05
• Jennifer Thompson v. John Vilches
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2025-09-10
• Storey Mountain v. Carlos C. Del Amo
  Eleventh Circuit· 2025-11-10
• State of Florida v. Johnny Wesley
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2026-06-12

Cites

11 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Holly v. Auld
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1984-05-03· cited 735×
• Borden v. East-European Ins. Co.
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2006-01-19· cited 186×
• State v. Egan
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1973-12-12· cited 140×
• Topps v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2004-01-22· cited 127×
• McGhee v. Volusia County
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1996-07-03· cited 102×
• Dennis v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2010-12-16· cited 91×
• Stogniew v. McQueen
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1995-05-04· cited 73×
• Porter v. Saddlebrook Resorts, Inc.
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1996-08-16· cited 18×
• Pages v. Seliman-Tapia
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2014-03-12· cited 11×
• Roofing v. Flemmings
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2014-04-30· cited 7×
• Patel v. Kumar
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2016-06-29· cited 1×