Meyers v. State

How courts have described this case

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

• concluding that the State presented sufficient circumstantial evidence of corpus delicti in case involving disappearance of fourteen-year-old victim, and evidence of injuries to defendant including fingernail scratches
• noting some of the scratches on the defendant’s body were consistent with fingernail scratches and the defendant had a \mark on his side consistent with shoes [the victim] was wearing at the time she disappeared\
• \The phrase 'corpus delicti' refers to proof independent of a confession that the crime charged was in fact committed.\ (emphasis added)
• \The phrase 'corpus delicti' refers to proof independent of a confession that the crime charged was in fact committed.\ (emphasis added)
• \The phrase 'corpus delicti' refers to proof independent of a confession that the crime charged was in fact committed.\ (emphasis added)

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

26 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Pagan v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2002-04-04· cited 599×
• State v. Edwards
  Nebraska Supreme Court· 2009-07-10· cited 125×
• Crain v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2004-10-28· cited 106×
• Reynolds v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2006-05-18· cited 98×
• LaMarca v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2001-03-08· cited 61×
• Kocaker v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2013-01-03· cited 32×
• Hitchcock v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2000-03-23· cited 31×
• Thomas v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1997-03-20· cited 19×
• State v. Barrow
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2012-05-31· cited 12×
• MacKerley v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2000-03-22· cited 11×
• Barrow v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2010-02-10· cited 11×
• Wainwright v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1997-11-13· cited 8×
• Cox v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1998-06-05· cited 5×
• State v. Lindsey
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1999-06-25· cited 5×
• Tharod Bell v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2014-12-03· cited 5×
• Ramsammy v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2010-08-11· cited 3×
• C.W. v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2001-01-05· cited 3×
• Medina v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2009-05-13· cited 2×
• Acoff v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2015-11-24· cited 2×
• N.G.S. v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2019-05-17· cited 2×

Cites

6 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Hardwick v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1988-02-04· cited 198×
• Davis v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1956-11-16· cited 171×
• State v. Allen
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1976-07-21· cited 155×
• Burks v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1993-01-21· cited 66×
• Bassett v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1984-03-08· cited 52×
• Cox v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1989-12-21· cited 29×