Morehead 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 an “attempt” necessarily involves “a failure to accomplish the intent”
• defendant prisoner was convicted of attempted escape, upon State’s evidence that defendant committed overt acts in furtherance of the crime by 1
• defendant prisoner was convicted of attempted escape, upon State’s evidence that defendant 122 committed overt acts in furtherance of the crime by 1
• “The ‘overt act’ must be adapted to effect the intent to commit the particular crime but must be more than mere preparation.”
• “In every attempt, there are three essential elements: (1) a specific intent to commit a particular crime . . . ; (2) some actual overt step taken, or some overt act done, to actually commit the crime, and (3

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

16 cases in this archive cite this case.

• United States v. Lockley
  Eleventh Circuit· 2011-02-11· cited 165×
• United States v. Keenan Joyner
  Eleventh Circuit· 2018-02-22· cited 32×
• Bist v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2010-04-09· cited 30×
• Connolly, Jr. v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2015-07-29· cited 23×
• Hudson v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1999-09-10· cited 18×
• State v. Duke
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1998-03-27· cited 12×
• Santiago v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2004-03-26· cited 12×
• Smith v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1994-02-07· cited 8×
• State v. Wilson
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2013-12-27· cited 8×
• Gray v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1994-05-10· cited 6×
• State v. Walker
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1997-11-19· cited 3×
• Carroll v. Trump
  Second Circuit· 2025-06-13· cited 2×
• McMillian v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1992-12-04· cited 1×
• United States v. Theodore D. Lockley
  Eleventh Circuit· 2011-02-11
• JAE-IL BYUN v. STATE OF FLORIDA
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2019-03-06
• Carl Reginald Dunlap v. State of Florida
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2026-05-22

Cites

7 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Hyde v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1912-06-10· cited 844×
• Gustine v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1923-06-13· cited 75×
• Thomas v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1988-08-18· cited 56×
• State v. Coker
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1984-07-18· cited 24×
• State v. Rentschler
  Supreme Court of Missouri· 1969-09-08· cited 19×
• Fisher v. State
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 1973-04-10· cited 12×
• Keel v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1983-06-23· cited 4×