Larsen v. State

How courts have described this case

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

• acknowledging that age and physical characteristics may be taken into account in determining whether the defendant evinced a depraved mind
• noting that “the relative harm-causing potential” between the defendant and victim in that case distinguished it from other cases where a second-degree-murder conviction was reversed
• affirming second-degree murder conviction where husband slapped wife, causing her to hit her head on the ground and die
• finding sufficient evidence to uphold a second-degree-murder jury conviction where defendant struck “hard across the face” his ninety-five-pound wife who was partially physically disabled
• affirming second-degree murder conviction when the defendant showed “a wicked and corrupt disregard of the lives and safety of others . . .[,] a failure to appreciate social duty”
• defendant struck partially disabled wife during argument, causing her to fall and fracture her skull

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

16 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Antoine v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2014-05-07· cited 30×
• Light v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2003-04-04· cited 24×
• Ellison v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1989-08-15· cited 21×
• Reimel v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1988-09-01· cited 16×
• Presley v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1986-12-24· cited 6×
• Billie v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2007-08-08· cited 5×
• Starks v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2017-03-22· cited 4×
• Spence v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1987-11-04· cited 1×
• Thompson v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2006-12-27
• Devonte Rashad Baker v. State of Florida
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2016-10-18
• Kameron Holmes v. State of Florida
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2019-08-23
• DERREN DEJUAN MORRISON v. STATE OF FLORIDA
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2019-12-11
• Baker v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2016-10-07
• Whitcraft v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1988-08-02
• Goidia Porter v. State of Florida
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2024-05-08
• Ward L. Kenyon v. State of Florida
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2025-12-10

Cites

5 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• State v. Jackson
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1985-10-17· cited 337×
• Hines v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1969-10-23· cited 30×
• Martinez v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1978-06-06· cited 15×
• Wilkerson v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1985-12-23· cited 13×
• Pierce v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1979-10-23· cited 11×