Muhammad v. State

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that postconviction appeal cannot be used where an issue either was raised, or could have been raised, on direct appeal
• concluding defendant’s claim of ineffective assistance of counsel was “procedurally barred” because “the issue was already raised and rejected on direct appeal”
• finding claims procedurally barred because “the issue could have or should have been raised on direct appeal.”
• noting “[i]ssues which either were or could have been litigated at trial and upon direct appeal are not cognizable through collateral attack”
• finding claims procedurally barred because already raised and rejected on direct appeal
• “Issues which either were or could have been litigated at trial and upon direct appeal are not cognizable through collateral attack.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

18 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Porter v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2001-05-03· cited 108×
• Knight v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1998-11-12· cited 74×
• Askari Abdullah Muhammad f/k/a Thomas Knight v. State of Florida
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2014-01-03· cited 42×
• Knight v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2005-11-03· cited 33×
• State v. Knight
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2003-08-21· cited 23×
• Power v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2008-09-25· cited 23×
• Muhammad v. Secretary, Department of Corrections
  Eleventh Circuit· 2009-01-09· cited 16×
• & SC14-567 Ronald Knight v. State of Florida & Ronald Knight v. Julie L. Jones, etc.
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2016-12-15· cited 11×
• Card v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1995-01-12· cited 9×
• Pooler v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2008-01-31· cited 9×
• Jenkins v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1993-10-04· cited 7×
• Blanco v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2007-04-12· cited 5×
• Muhammad v. Tucker
  S.D. Florida· 2012-11-09· cited 3×
• ROQUE ESTEBAN CALAFELL v. THE STATE OF FLORIDA
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2022-02-16
• Eloy v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2005-11-23
• Jesse Bell v. State of Florida
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2025-08-28
• Hencile Dorsey v. State of Florida
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2026-04-15
• Harold Lee Harvey, Jr. v. State of Florida
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2026-06-18

Cites

7 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Brady v. Maryland
  Supreme Court· 1963-05-13· cited 33,902×
• Faretta v. California
  Supreme Court· 1975-06-30· cited 11,585×
• Maynard v. Cartwright
  Supreme Court· 1988-06-06· cited 1,367×
• Smith v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1983-11-10· cited 67×
• Muhammad v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1986-07-17· cited 54×
• Gorham v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1988-02-04· cited 36×
• Demps v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1982-06-24· cited 34×