Sansom v. State

How courts have described this case

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

• “[A] defendant’s silence in court does not constitute a valid waiver of the right to a jury trial, even where 8 such silence follows defense counsel’s oral waiver on behalf of the defendant.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

9 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Johnson v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2008-09-18· cited 23×
• Sinkfield v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1996-10-16· cited 11×
• Morris v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1996-07-16· cited 5×
• Torres v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2010-08-31· cited 4×
• Gerald Walker v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2014-10-22· cited 3×
• Rayne Easton Szwec v. State of Florida
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2025-01-02
• Saini v. State of Florida
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2025-04-09
• Saini v. State of Florida
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2025-06-11
• Erb v. State of Florida
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2025-08-06

Cites

4 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Tucker v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1990-03-29· cited 57×
• Tosta v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1977-09-27· cited 20×
• Cirio v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1983-11-18· cited 10×
• Williams v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1988-03-02· cited 1×