Smith v. State

How courts have described this case

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

• State can “establish the control element of possession through independent proof, such as fingerprints, an admission, or evidence of other incriminating statements or circumstances”
• “[W]hen contraband is located in plain view, control over the item may be inferred from evidence that the defendant has exclusive control over the place where it was discovered.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

4 cases in this archive cite this case.

• S. S., A Child v. State of Florida
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2018-05-17
• Session v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2016-03-18
• Lee Forzon Baker Jr. v. State of Florida
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2025-04-02
• Everette Slocum v. State of Florida
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2025-10-29

Cites

10 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Brown v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1983-03-03· cited 180×
• Martoral v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2007-01-17· cited 24×
• Isaac v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1999-03-17· cited 23×
• Sundin v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2009-07-15· cited 18×
• Harris v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2007-04-27· cited 17×
• Watson v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2007-08-08· cited 10×
• Kemp v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2015-06-15· cited 8×
• RDD, JR. v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2009-07-29· cited 4×
• Edison v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2007-06-06· cited 3×
• Smith v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2013-11-12· cited 2×