Scott v. State

How courts have described this case

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

• recognizing that the circumstantial evidence “must be of a conclusive nature and tendency, leading on the whole to a reasonable and moral certainty that the accused and no one else committed the offense charged” (quoting Hall v. State, 107 So. 246, 247 (Fla. 1925))
• finding Scott was \no longer able to corroborate his alibi that initially was checked out by\ police
• “it is important to recognize that hair comparisons do not constitute a basis for positive personal identification”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

18 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Rivera v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1998-06-11· cited 68×
• Norton v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1997-12-24· cited 62×
• Overton v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2007-11-29· cited 55×
• Davis v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2000-05-17· cited 30×
• Evans v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2001-12-13· cited 28×
• Crawford v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2004-06-07· cited 23×
• Long v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1997-03-06· cited 23×
• People v. Boysen
  California Court of Appeal· 2007-07-03· cited 22×
• E.T.R. v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2004-05-26· cited 7×
• Terranova v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1999-10-29· cited 4×
• Smolka v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1995-08-09· cited 4×
• Overton v. Jones
  S.D. Florida· 2016-01-12· cited 4×
• Duckett v. McDonough
  M.D. Florida· 2010-03-25· cited 3×
• State v. Ingram
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1999-05-28· cited 2×
• Fleming v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1993-09-27· cited 1×
• State v. Ford
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1994-08-26· cited 1×
• ETR v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2004-05-26
• Garcia v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2019-05-01

Cites

16 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• United States v. Marion
  Supreme Court· 1971-12-20· cited 3,756×
• United States v. Lovasco
  Supreme Court· 1977-10-03· cited 2,170×
• United States Ex Rel. Accardi v. Shaughnessy
  Supreme Court· 1954-03-15· cited 1,415×
• Rogers v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1987-07-09· cited 212×
• McArthur v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1977-09-30· cited 185×
• Davis v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1956-11-16· cited 171×
• United States v. Charles Demetrios Brand
  Fifth Circuit· 1977-10-04· cited 117×
• United States v. Michael Ray Townley
  Fifth Circuit· 1982-01-11· cited 84×
• Duest v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1985-01-10· cited 82×
• United States v. Walter Shaw
  Fifth Circuit· 1977-07-18· cited 38×
• Howell v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1982-08-31· cited 33×
• United States v. Wilfred King and Robert L. Price
  Seventh Circuit· 1979-02-23· cited 32×
• Cox v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1989-12-21· cited 29×
• United States v. West
  Fifth Circuit· 1978-02-21· cited 19×
• Jackson v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1987-08-07· cited 11×
• Horstman v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1988-08-05· cited 8×