Skelton v. State

How courts have described this case

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

• concluding that state failed to prove the defendant constructively possessed cocaine that was partially hidden under the passenger seat near where defendant's feet had been, because mere proximity to contraband is insufficient
• concluding that state failed to prove the defendant constructively possessed cocaine that was partially hidden under the passenger seat near where defendant’s feet had been, because mere proximity to contraband is insufficient
• holding that evidence was legally insufficient to prove that the passenger in a jointly occupied vehicle actually possessed a bag of cocaine located under the passenger seat near where his feet had been
• holding that evidence was legally insufficient to prove that the passenger in a jointly occupied vehicle actually possessed a bag of cocaine located under the passenger seat near where his feet had been
• holding that evidence was legally insufficient to prove that the passenger in a jointly occupied vehicle actually possessed a bag of cocaine located under the passenger seat near where his feet had been

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

23 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Chicone v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1996-10-24· cited 155×
• Martoral v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2007-01-17· cited 24×
• S.B. v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1995-07-12· cited 23×
• Hargrove v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2006-05-24· cited 20×
• Smith v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1997-01-22· cited 20×
• E.A.M. v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1996-12-11· cited 18×
• NKW, JR. v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2001-03-16· cited 12×
• Hill v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1999-06-30· cited 11×
• C.M. v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2002-01-25· cited 9×
• Sanders v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2017-02-08· cited 6×
• K.L. v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2001-05-23· cited 5×
• J.M. v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2003-03-05· cited 5×
• Corker v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2010-04-12· cited 3×
• Rangel v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2013-03-08· cited 3×
• Lawson v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1995-12-20· cited 3×
• B.B. v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2013-07-10· cited 2×
• N.G.S. v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2019-05-17· cited 2×
• CM v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2002-01-25· cited 1×
• SB v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1995-07-12
• JM v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2003-03-05

Cites

6 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Spataro v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1965-11-02· cited 117×
• Hively v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1976-07-16· cited 65×
• Murphy v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1987-09-02· cited 29×
• In the Interest of D. J. v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1976-03-12· cited 16×
• Lewis v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1990-10-12· cited 14×
• Cordero v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1991-11-14· cited 10×