Murray v. State

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

• holding that fundamental error occurred where the jury was given contradictory instructions, one correct and the other incorrect
• holding that the trial court erred by giving a self-defense instruction that stated that the elements of the felony allegedly committed by the victim must be proved beyond a reasonable doubt
• holding that law does not require defendant to prove self-defense to any standard measuring assurance of truth, exigency, near certainty, or even mere probability; defendant's only burden is to offer facts from which his resort to force could have been reasonable
• holding that law does not require defendant to prove self-defense to any standard measuring assurance of truth, exigency, near certainty, or even mere probability; defendant’s only burden is to offer facts from which his resort to force could have been reasonable
• explaining that defendant in trial for aggravated battery was not required to prove self-defense claim beyond reasonable doubt or by preponderance of evidence; rather, self-defense evidence needed merely leave jury with reasonable doubt about whether he was justified in using deadly force
• improper instructions on burden of proof vitiate all jury findings; law did not require defendant to prove justification of self-defense to any standard measuring an assurance of truth, not even by the greater weight of the evidence

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

17 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Reynolds v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2012-09-27· cited 32×
• State v. Kettell
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2008-04-24· cited 16×
• Fields v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2008-08-08· cited 13×
• Sipple v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2007-11-30· cited 11×
• Wyche v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2015-07-22· cited 11×
• Novak v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2008-02-06· cited 10×
• Talley v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2013-02-22· cited 9×
• Alexander v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2013-09-26· cited 9×
• Falwell v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2012-04-27· cited 7×
• Rodriguez v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2010-02-10· cited 4×
• Spicer v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2009-11-13· cited 4×
• Conrad v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2008-03-28· cited 3×
• Bryant Daniel Neal v. State of Florida
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2015-06-03· cited 3×
• Testerman v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2007-10-31· cited 1×
• Murray v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2007-12-05· cited 1×
• Jackson v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2015-11-13
• Corey Stephen Smith v. State of Florida
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2025-06-27

Cites

8 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• In Re WINSHIP
  Supreme Court· 1970-05-18· cited 11,712×
• Kyles v. Whitley
  Supreme Court· 1995-04-19· cited 6,003×
• Sullivan v. Louisiana
  Supreme Court· 1993-06-01· cited 3,512×
• Rose v. Clark
  Supreme Court· 1986-07-02· cited 2,431×
• Griffin v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1991-12-03· cited 1,353×
• MacKerley v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2000-03-22· cited 11×
• Sigler v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1991-11-27· cited 9×
• Tricarico v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1998-05-27· cited 3×