Sinkfield v. State

How courts have described this case

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

• “[T]he appellant’s remaining mute (during counsel’s apparent waiver of appellant’s right to jury trial) did not constitute a valid waiver of that right.”
• “Florida courts have treated [the failure to obtain a valid waiver of a defendant’s right to jury trial] as per se reversible error.”
• defense counsel’s statement to the court that the defendant “agreed to go non-jury” was not a valid oral waiver

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

10 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Scruggs v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2001-04-25· cited 8×
• Hyler v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1999-05-19· cited 5×
• Babb v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1999-05-26· cited 5×
• Gerald Walker v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2014-10-22· cited 3×
• Westberry v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2018-02-14· cited 1×
• Bennett v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1997-01-29· cited 1×
• Mickens v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2000-12-20· cited 1×
• JAHLEEL TAFARI EATON v. STATE OF FLORIDA
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2023-05-31
• Kwuan Montrell Baker v. State of Florida
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2024-04-24
• Patrick McKinnon v. State of Florida
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2026-03-11

Cites

4 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Tucker v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1990-03-29· cited 57×
• State v. Upton
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1995-07-20· cited 33×
• Tosta v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1977-09-27· cited 20×
• Sansom v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1994-09-14· cited 10×