Peacock v. State

How courts have described this case

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

• noting that “[t]he case law appears to be split on whether a suicide attempt constitutes a voluntary absence from a court proceeding[,]” and collecting cases
• “Although a suicide attempt could be deemed voluntary in some circumstances, a suicide attempt could also be an involuntary product of mental illness.”
• compiling cases with valid excuses

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

9 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Hawkins v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2014-05-23· cited 5×
• Steven C. Richardson v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2016-08-19· cited 1×
• Brown, David Earl
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2014-03-19
• Anthony, John Dennis Clayton
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 2015-08-10
• JAMES J. HOWELL v. STATE OF FLORIDA
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2018-06-29
• State v. Sides
  Court of Appeals of North Carolina· 2019-10-01
• MICHAEL ALI v. STATE OF FLORIDA
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2023-04-26
• Deon Jones v. State of Florida
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2024-08-16
• Adrian Gore v. State of Florida
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2025-01-17