State v. Pope

How courts have described this case

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

• it is not appropriate to sanction State by dismissing case when State witness fails to appear at trial or deposition
• “A State witness is not an agent of the State; therefore, the conduct of the witness cannot be construed as State action.”
• when something unforseen occurs such as the prosecution’s main witness failing to appear, such options for the state are to file a nolle prosequi and re-file at a later time, or to proceed without its main witness

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

7 cases in this archive cite this case.

• State v. Vixamar
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1997-01-22· cited 12×
• State v. White
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2001-08-22· cited 5×
• State v. Cook
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2001-10-12· cited 2×
• State v. Mendez
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2002-06-12
• State v. Burke
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2003-04-25
• STATE OF FLORIDA v. PELAYO CERULIA
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2024-05-22
• The State of Florida v. Osama Saad Alahmari
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2025-03-05

Cites

8 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• State v. S.M.F.
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1989-06-13· cited 25×
• Granade v. Ader
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1988-09-06· cited 18×
• State v. Pautier
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1989-08-01· cited 11×
• State v. Earl
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1989-06-13· cited 11×
• State v. Cohen
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1995-11-08· cited 10×
• State v. Haynes
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1990-03-06· cited 5×
• State v. Golden
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1990-11-27· cited 5×
• State v. Hill
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1988-10-26· cited 4×