Langston v. State

How courts have described this case

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

• reversing a conviction for resisting arrest with violence because the trial court failed to instruct the jury on the lawful use of force to resist law enforcement’s excessive force
• “[O]nce any trial evidence is presented to support an accused’s theory of defense, the issue becomes a jury question, and the defendant has a right to a jury instruction.” (emphasis in original)
• “[O]nce any trial evidence is presented to support an accused’s theory of defense, the issue becomes a jury question, and the defendant has a right to a jury instruction.” (emphasis in original)
• noting standard of review for jury-instruction issues

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

19 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Campbell v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2002-03-27· cited 18×
• Goode v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2003-10-22· cited 12×
• Chavers v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2005-05-18· cited 11×
• Spurgeon v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2013-05-31· cited 10×
• Truett v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2013-01-30· cited 8×
• Martin v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2013-02-22· cited 8×
• Beachy v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2003-02-21· cited 7×
• Donald Ray Kervin v. State of Florida
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2016-07-06· cited 6×
• Caldwell v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2001-12-28· cited 4×
• Ho Yeaon Seo v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2014-08-14· cited 3×
• Rodriguez v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2015-08-14· cited 3×
• Greenway v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2002-07-26· cited 2×
• Polite v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2006-06-14· cited 2×
• Parker v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2005-07-20· cited 2×
• Mills v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2007-03-06· cited 2×
• Evans v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2009-05-20· cited 1×
• Tonisha Lache Crowell v. State of Florida
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2019-09-18
• Alexander v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2005-09-08
• Corey Stephen Smith v. State of Florida
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2025-06-27

Cites

15 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Gardner v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1985-12-12· cited 73×
• Savage v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1963-10-03· cited 59×
• Ivester v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1981-05-11· cited 46×
• Jackson v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1985-01-17· cited 30×
• Bozeman v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1998-07-01· cited 30×
• Holley v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1982-12-16· cited 30×
• Koontz v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1967-11-15· cited 29×
• Gallagher v. Federal Ins. Co.
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1977-05-03· cited 27×
• Taylor v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1982-03-11· cited 17×
• Davis v. Charter Mortg. Co.
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1980-06-25· cited 14×
• Alderman v. Wysong & Miles Co.
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1986-04-10· cited 11×
• Shimek v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1992-12-15· cited 9×
• Allen v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1982-12-16· cited 8×
• Casey v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1995-03-03· cited 4×
• Sheppard v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1995-08-18· cited 2×