Rodriguez v. State

How courts have described this case

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

• failure to instruct on defense of justifiable homicide when counsel failed to object at trial
• \a controversy such as this seems more appropriately the subject of a civil action than a criminal prosecution\
• a controversy between businessmen stemming from an honest dispute over funds “seems more appropriately the subject of a civil action than a criminal prosecution” for theft
• “It is ... incumbent upon the court to charge the jury on every defense which is recognized by the law and sustained by a version of the testimony which the jury has a right to accept.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

31 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Smith v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1988-01-21· cited 87×
• Carter v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1985-05-22· cited 49×
• Thomas v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1991-07-17· cited 21×
• Alfaro v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2002-09-25· cited 15×
• Thomas v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1988-06-03· cited 15×
• Cliff Berry, Inc. v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2012-01-04· cited 14×
• Smith v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1989-02-24· cited 12×
• Dudley v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1981-11-04· cited 12×
• Williams v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1981-05-19· cited 9×
• Marrero v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1985-12-24· cited 9×
• Lee v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1988-06-15· cited 7×
• Muro v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1984-01-31· cited 7×
• Garcia v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1988-12-27· cited 6×
• Durie v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2000-01-28· cited 5×
• Kenon v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2003-08-29· cited 5×
• Dreisch v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1983-08-30· cited 5×
• State v. Nunez
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2004-08-18· cited 5×
• Owens v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2004-02-13· cited 4×
• Capiro v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2012-09-12· cited 4×
• Chester v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2001-04-11· cited 2×

Cites

13 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• State v. Allen
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1978-07-20· cited 127×
• Palmes v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1981-03-05· cited 117×
• Kelly v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1980-09-24· cited 31×
• Baker v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1879-06-15· cited 31×
• Bagley v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1960-04-05· cited 29×
• Charles v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1895-06-15· cited 26×
• Long v. Florida
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1867-07-01· cited 22×
• Kilbee v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1951-07-03· cited 20×
• Board of Regents v. Videon
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1975-05-15· cited 12×
• Washington v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1981-01-20· cited 10×
• Bailey v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1981-01-13· cited 9×
• Uber v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1980-04-24· cited 6×
• Tedder v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1917-04-06· cited 3×