Morris v. State

How courts have described this case

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

• finding argument that an innocent man would take the breath test and prove the officer wrong was improper as it told the jury they should infer guilt because Morris did not take affirmative steps to prove his innocence
• prosecutor improperly shifted the burden of proof by arguing that an innocent person would “volunteer to take the [breath or blood alcohol tests or roadside exercises] to ‘prove’ his or her innocence”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

3 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Coleman v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2011-03-28· cited 1×
• DAVID OBRIEN v. STATE OF FLORIDA
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2023-07-19
• Willie James Sheely v. State of Florida
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2024-08-14

Cites

9 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Chapman v. California
  Supreme Court· 1967-03-27· cited 23,069×
• Schmerber v. California
  Supreme Court· 1966-06-20· cited 6,067×
• State v. DiGuilio
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1986-07-17· cited 2,703×
• Jackson v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1991-01-18· cited 152×
• State v. Smith
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1990-12-20· cited 126×
• State v. Taylor
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1995-01-05· cited 58×
• Smith v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1996-10-23· cited 8×
• State v. Busciglio
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2008-01-23· cited 7×
• Concha v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2008-01-02· cited 3×