Sipple v. State

How courts have described this case

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

• “As long as there is any evidence of self- defense presented by the defendant, the instruction is warranted.”
• “As long as there is any evidence of self-defense presented by the defendant, the instruction is warranted.”
• “When self-defense is asserted in a criminal case, the defendant only has the burden of presenting some evidence to establish a prima facie case that the killing was justified. The state must then prove beyond a reasonable doubt that the defendant did not act in self- defense.”
• “When self-defense is asserted in a criminal case, the defendant only has the burden of presenting some evidence to establish a prima facie case that the killing was justified. The state must then prove beyond a reasonable doubt that the defendant did not act in self- defense.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

8 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Mosansky v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2010-04-20· cited 15×
• Johns v. State
  Wyoming Supreme Court· 2018-02-09· cited 10×
• Sloss v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2010-09-10· cited 5×
• Redding v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2010-07-23· cited 4×
• King v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2009-07-10
• CARLOS LORENZO GONZALEZ v. STATE OF FLORIDA
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2024-04-19
• Corey Stephen Smith v. State of Florida
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2025-06-27
• Maria D Ortiz v. State of Florida
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2025-07-18

Cites

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

• Strickland v. Washington
  Supreme Court· 1984-06-25· cited 123,578×
• Rutherford v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1998-12-17· cited 139×
• Sanders v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2006-10-12· cited 95×
• Giles v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2002-12-18· cited 81×
• Shere v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1999-06-24· cited 62×
• Rich v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2003-11-12· cited 34×
• Whitfield v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2005-11-03· cited 32×
• Wright v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1998-01-21· cited 32×
• Kilgore v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1972-12-01· cited 31×
• Cleveland v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2004-12-03· cited 30×
• Brown v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2000-03-09· cited 29×
• Henry v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2003-10-09· cited 28×
• Bolin v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1974-07-09· cited 27×
• Fowler v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2006-02-10· cited 23×
• Murray v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2006-09-13· cited 21×
• Velazquez v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2004-09-10· cited 21×
• Romero v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2005-04-27· cited 20×
• Peterka v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2004-09-30· cited 19×
• Dunnaway v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2004-09-22· cited 16×
• Carter v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2004-12-17· cited 15×