Rocker 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 to reach the conclusion that the evidence was sufficient to support the defendant’s conviction as a principal, the jury would have to impermissibly stack inferences
• concluding that Rocker’s actions on the night of the murder were “just as consistent with the theory that he was participating in a drug transaction as [they were] with the theory that he was participating in a robbery”
• the defendant’s mere presence at the scene, knowledge of the offense, and flight from the scene were insufficient to support his conviction as a principal for another person’s conduct

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

5 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Westbrooks v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2014-06-13· cited 11×
• Tate v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2013-11-08· cited 3×
• SAMUEL RANDALL v. STATE OF FLORIDA
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2019-02-13
• JOSHUA NATHANIEL PEART v. STATE OF FLORIDA
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2023-03-15
• Dixon v. State of Florida
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2025-01-17

Cites

42 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×
• Davis v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1956-11-16· cited 171×
• Darling v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2002-01-03· cited 134×
• Orme v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1996-05-02· cited 131×
• Staten v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1988-02-04· cited 110×
• Brewer v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1982-04-14· cited 102×
• Deparvine v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2008-09-29· cited 95×
• Durousseau v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2010-12-09· cited 54×
• Fowler v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1986-09-11· cited 53×
• J. H. v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1979-05-15· cited 47×
• Arant v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1972-01-18· cited 42×
• Chaudoin v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1978-08-23· cited 40×
• A.B.G. v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1991-09-18· cited 33×
• Washington v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1999-07-27· cited 32×
• Kocaker v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2013-01-03· cited 32×
• Davis v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2000-05-17· cited 30×
• Collins v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1983-10-14· cited 29×
• Knight v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2013-01-18· cited 25×