Pinkney v. State

How courts have described this case

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

• concluding that Swift’s “reasoning” -- reversing a conviction because there was insufficient evidence that the defendant “had intentionally threatened the officer” -- “is ultimately correct”
• “It is undisputed that Mr. Pinkney’s act of backing his car in the direction of Officer Zammitt constituted a threat of violence.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

6 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Fred Somers v. United States
  Eleventh Circuit· 2021-09-28· cited 20×
• Kevin Spencer v. United States
  Eleventh Circuit· 2013-08-15· cited 19×
• McClamma v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2014-05-09· cited 3×
• RODNEY THOMAS v. STATE OF FLORIDA
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2020-05-20
• STATE OF FLORIDA vs TARVIS LORRAINE WILLIAMSON
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2022-09-23
• United States v. Mario Delaine
  Sixth Circuit· 2026-04-02

Cites

28 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Pagan v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2002-04-04· cited 599×
• State v. Law
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1989-07-27· cited 545×
• Lynch v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1974-03-13· cited 390×
• State v. Waters
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1983-07-28· cited 105×
• Linehan v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1985-08-29· cited 89×
• Linehan v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1983-11-09· cited 53×
• State v. White
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1975-09-10· cited 40×
• State v. Wilson
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1973-04-11· cited 34×
• McCullers v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1968-01-17· cited 32×
• Miller v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2000-08-31· cited 29×
• Russell v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1979-07-25· cited 27×
• Jackson v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2008-08-01· cited 20×
• State v. Shorette
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1981-10-09· cited 16×
• S.D. v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2004-09-01· cited 16×
• Bussell v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2011-08-04· cited 14×
• Benitez v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2005-04-27· cited 13×
• Bennett v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2010-11-05· cited 13×
• Brown v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1996-05-01· cited 12×
• Cambell v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2010-06-11· cited 10×
• Swift v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2008-01-16· cited 9×