Poole 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 defendant’s act of stabbing victim once after the victim lunged at him in closed quarters was not sufficient to support second-degree murder verdict but was “an impulsive overreaction” to the victim’s attack
• reversing second degree murder conviction where evidence conclusively established that victim lunged at defendant “in an apparent attack” causing defendant, who had “nowhere to retreat,” to lash out with a knife
• where defendant stabbed the unarmed victim once after the victim had lunged at him in a confined R.V., the evidence showed an impulsive overreaction to an attack, warranting a conviction for manslaughter but not second degree murder

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

8 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Antoine v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2014-05-07· cited 30×
• Leasure v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2012-10-24· cited 14×
• Kyree Luis Perez v. State of Florida
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2016-04-12· cited 13×
• Sandhaus v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2016-01-29· cited 5×
• John Henry v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2014-08-20· cited 3×
• Antonio Devon Williams v. State of Florida
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2018-06-08· cited 1×
• Goidia Porter v. State of Florida
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2024-05-08
• Jameslee Senatus v. State of Florida
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2026-06-19

Cites

10 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Light v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2003-04-04· cited 24×
• Borders v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1983-07-05· cited 17×
• Bellamy v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2008-02-29· cited 16×
• Martinez v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1978-06-06· cited 15×
• Rayl v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2000-08-25· cited 13×
• McDaniel v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1993-07-21· cited 13×
• Pierce v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1979-10-23· cited 11×
• Williams v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1996-05-17· cited 7×
• Sheridan v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2001-07-13· cited 7×
• Peterson v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1994-08-26· cited 2×