Nelson 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 section 790.23, Florida Statutes, is constitutional under Article I, Section 8 of the Florida Constitution
• upholding constitutionality of statute making it unlawful for convicted felons to possess a pistol, sawed-off rifle, or sawed-off shotgun
• rejecting a state constitutional challenge to section 790.23, Florida Statutes
• rejecting a state constitutional challenge to section 790.23

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Rinzler v. Carson
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1972-05-03· cited 100×
• State v. Amos
  Supreme Court of Louisiana· 1977-02-28· cited 50×
• Eary v. Commonwealth
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 1983-08-31· cited 30×
• United States v. Pasquale Matassini, A/K/A Pat Matassini, and Robert E. Rodriguez
  Fifth Circuit· 1978-01-10· cited 29×
• United States v. Bobby Jenkins
  Eleventh Circuit· 2016-05-11· cited 23×
• State v. Snyder
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1996-02-15· cited 21×
• State v. Anderson
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2000-08-09· cited 19×
• Joseph Peter Clarke v. United States
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2016-02-11· cited 14×
• Johnson v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1988-12-20· cited 13×
• Driver v. Van Cott
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1971-12-15· cited 12×
• Dale Lee Norman v. State of Florida
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2017-03-02· cited 11×
• Morris v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2004-04-14· cited 4×
• Calhoun v. Department of Health & Rehabilitative Services
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1987-01-06· cited 4×
• Crossley v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1976-05-28· cited 2×
• Epps v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2011-03-02· cited 1×
• Calhoun v. DEPT. OF HLT & REHAB. SERV
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1987-01-06
• WILLIE JAMES SIMPSON vs STATE OF FLORIDA
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2023-08-04
• Jason Gullen v. State of Florida
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2025-10-22
• Demetrius Carter v. State of Florida
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2025-11-12
• Juan Daniel Nava v. State of Florida
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2026-04-01

Cites

11 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Cases v. United States
  First Circuit· 1942-11-27· cited 125×
• Carlton v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1912-01-15· cited 22×
• Davis v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1962-11-28· cited 21×
• Jackson v. State
  Alabama Court of Appeals· 1953-10-06· cited 20×
• Maloney v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1962-10-31· cited 11×
• Benitez v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1965-02-24· cited 11×
• Jackson v. State
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1953-12-17· cited 9×
• United States v. Adams
  S.D. Florida· 1935-06-04· cited 9×
• People v. Garcia
  California Court of Appeal· 1950-05-25· cited 7×
• Akron City v. Williams
  Akron Municipal Court· 1960-09-14· cited 3×
• Walls v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1967-03-01· cited 1×