Rivers v. State

How courts have described this case

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

• comparing specificity of various requests for instructions throughout proceedings, but ultimately finding request marginally preserved despite ineptness of language
• \[W]e are compelled to hold that the failure to give the [Williams rule] instruction during the course of the trial . . . was reversible error.\
• error “marginally preserved for appellate review.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

12 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Durousseau v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2010-12-09· cited 54×
• Hawthorne v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1985-06-07· cited 17×
• Division of Corrections v. Wynn
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1983-09-19· cited 17×
• Cruz v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1983-04-14· cited 12×
• State v. Gresham
  Nebraska Supreme Court· 2008-07-18· cited 12×
• Lowe v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1986-12-10· cited 8×
• Francis Wong v. State of Florida
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2017-03-02· cited 8×
• Chambliss v. White Motor Corp.
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1985-11-20· cited 4×
• Reed v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1983-09-22· cited 4×
• JOHN FESH v. STATE OF FLORIDA
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2021-09-29
• Stark v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1984-01-25
• Dukes v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1992-01-14

Cites

17 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Jent v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1981-12-03· cited 173×
• Tascano v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1980-06-05· cited 147×
• Cirack v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1967-07-05· cited 60×
• Paul v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1980-07-03· cited 40×
• Fouts v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1979-07-06· cited 36×
• In Re Clarification of Florida Rules of Prac. & Pro.
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1973-07-31· cited 33×
• Mellins v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1981-03-11· cited 27×
• Thomas v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1982-09-02· cited 27×
• Johnson v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1975-06-12· cited 25×
• Tully v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1915-06-03· cited 22×
• Burney v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1981-07-31· cited 19×
• Hubbard v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1982-02-23· cited 17×
• Spurlock v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1982-10-07· cited 16×
• Boston v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1982-04-01· cited 13×
• Fotianos v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1976-04-01· cited 11×
• Skipper v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1982-10-07· cited 9×
• United States v. Edward Bradley
  Fifth Circuit· 1972-06-13· cited 1×