State v. Abrams

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that there is no requirement that waiver of speedy trial occur in defendant's presence or only by defendant individually, thus attorney's act of waiving speedy trial was binding on client
• “The principle is well established that the right to a speedy trial is waived when the defendant or his attorney request a continuance.”
• “[T]he right to a speedy trial is waived when the defendant or his attorney request a (continued...
• “The acts of an attorney on behalf of a client will be binding on the client even though done without consulting him and even against the client’s wishes.”
• “The acts of an attorney on behalf of a client will be binding on the client even though done without consulting him and even against the client’s wishes.”
• “The acts of an attorney on behalf of a client will be binding on the client even though done without consulting him and even against the client’s wishes.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

17 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Taylor v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1990-02-13· cited 28×
• State v. Kurtz
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1978-01-10· cited 19×
• State v. Kruger
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1993-03-03· cited 14×
• Banks v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1997-02-19· cited 12×
• Pressley v. Wainwright
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1979-01-25· cited 8×
• Curry v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2004-06-02· cited 7×
• Randall v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2006-08-08· cited 5×
• State v. Duda
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1979-03-07· cited 3×
• Nelson v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1984-05-23· cited 3×
• Sims v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2004-03-10· cited 2×
• Lozano v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2016-10-14· cited 2×
• MacPhee v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1985-06-28· cited 2×
• Pentecost v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1994-06-07· cited 1×
• JACQUELINE RIVERA v. STATE OF FLORIDA
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2022-03-30
• State v. Lewis
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1978-02-28
• Cook v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1979-12-04
• Alaska Public Defender Agency v. Superior Court
  Court of Appeals of Alaska· 2023-05-19

Cites

2 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Brown v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1976-03-02· cited 15×
• McArthur v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1974-10-29· cited 13×