State v. Allen

How courts have described this case

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

• reaffirming “that circumstantial evidence may be presented prior to admission of a defendant’s confession in order to establish the occurrence of the necessary elements of the alleged crime”
• “A person’s confession to a crime is not sufficient evidence of a criminal act where no independent direct or circumstantial evidence exists to substantiate the occurrence of a crime.”
• \We also reject the implication . . . that identification of the defendant as the guilty party is a necessary predicate for the admission of a confession.\
• \A person's confession to a crime is not sufficient evidence of a criminal act where no independent direct or circumstantial evidence exists to substantiate the occurrence of a crime.\
• \A person's confession to a crime is not sufficient evidence of a criminal act where no independent direct or circumstantial evidence exists to substantiate the occurrence of a crime.\
• corpus delicti shown where, among other things, the defendant was seen driving the car earlier in the day and was seen entering the vehicle’s driver’s side within five to ten minutes of the crash

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• State v. Law
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1989-07-27· cited 545×
• Orme v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1996-05-02· cited 131×
• Sochor v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1993-05-06· cited 103×
• Franqui v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1997-06-26· cited 102×
• Tompkins v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1986-12-30· cited 95×
• Barwick v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1995-07-20· cited 90×
• J.B. v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1998-01-22· cited 85×
• Chavez v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2002-11-21· cited 79×
• Gore v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2001-04-19· cited 76×
• Toole v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1985-07-11· cited 73×
• Buenoano v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1988-06-23· cited 67×
• Burks v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1993-01-21· cited 66×
• Farinas v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1990-10-11· cited 66×
• Stano v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1985-07-11· cited 65×
• Tanzi v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2007-05-10· cited 65×
• Justus v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1983-09-01· cited 63×
• Jones v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1978-07-18· cited 54×
• Durousseau v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2010-12-09· cited 54×
• Fowler v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1986-09-11· cited 53×
• State v. Williams
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1999-10-15· cited 51×

Cites

9 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Nielsen v. City of Sarasota
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1960-02-03· cited 107×
• Frazier v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1958-11-21· cited 93×
• Holland v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1897-01-15· cited 58×
• Sciortino v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1959-10-14· cited 32×
• Tucker v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1912-06-15· cited 28×
• Spanish v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1950-04-14· cited 17×
• County of Dade v. Pedigo
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1966-01-11· cited 13×
• Harris v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1916-07-28· cited 13×
• Jackson v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1966-11-15· cited 6×