Rutledge 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 when appointed counsel is discharged where no legitimate grounds exist therefor, the court need not appoint substitute counsel
• acknowledging that evidence of a collateral crime may be admissible to show propensity under section 90.404(2)(b)
• analyzing the appellant’s letters in assessing whether the trial court erred in failing to schedule a second Nelson inquiry

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

9 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Kelly Lamont Whisby v. State of Florida
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2018-12-18· cited 6×
• Walden v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2013-03-13· cited 3×
• Williams v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2014-06-23· cited 1×
• Travis Davis v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2018-03-05
• Matassa v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2013-10-01
• Bailey v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2014-05-27
• Davis v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2018-03-06
• Stephanie Anne Hoskins v. State of Florida
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2024-09-11
• Jason Dowdell v. State of Florida
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2025-10-15

Cites

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

• Faretta v. California
  Supreme Court· 1975-06-30· cited 11,585×
• State v. DiGuilio
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1986-07-17· cited 2,703×
• Williams v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1959-03-25· cited 1,148×
• Nelson v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1973-02-28· cited 400×
• Robertson v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2002-10-10· cited 241×
• Reed v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2002-12-19· cited 206×
• Hardwick v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1988-02-04· cited 198×
• Brooks v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2000-05-25· cited 172×
• McLean v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2006-07-06· cited 125×
• Harrell v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2005-02-10· cited 120×
• Gudinas v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1997-04-10· cited 111×
• Correll v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1988-01-14· cited 104×
• Taylor v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2003-06-05· cited 99×
• Tennis v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2008-12-11· cited 60×
• State v. Freber
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1978-12-21· cited 59×
• Bell v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1997-07-17· cited 45×
• Heuss v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1996-12-19· cited 44×
• McCray v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2006-01-26· cited 43×
• Kearse v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1992-09-17· cited 37×
• Taylor v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1990-02-13· cited 28×