Sims v. State

How courts have described this case

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

• enhanced sentence impermissible where shots fired into apartment could have come from two persons and the “State presented no direct or circumstantial evidence to establish” which did so
• enhanced sentence impermissible where shots fired into apartment could have come from two persons and the “State presented no direct or circumstantial evidence to establish” which did so
• “In the context of possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, this court has interpreted subsection 775.087(2)(a)1.’s use of ‘actually possessed’ to require evidence that the defendant actually carried the firearm in order to impose the three-year minimum mandatory”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

5 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Chavers v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2013-04-17· cited 2×
• Gamble v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2011-05-18
• Edwards v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2010-10-01
• Brandi Nicole Harris v. State of Florida
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2015-02-15
• RODNEY SQUIRE v. STATE OF FLORIDA
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2019-07-17

Cites

6 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• People v. Rodriguez
  Illinois Supreme Court· 2008-06-05· cited 25×
• Johnson v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2003-09-26· cited 15×
• Patel v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1996-09-17· cited 5×
• Kenny v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1997-05-22· cited 4×
• Redding v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2008-10-17· cited 2×
• Sibold v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2004-12-23· cited 1×