State v. Williams

How courts have described this case

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

• holding to prove possession, the State must show that a defendant possessed a certain substance, the substance was illegal, and he had knowledge of the presence of the substance
• holding to prove possession, the State must show that a defendant possessed a certain substance, the substance was illegal, and he had knowledge of the presence of the substance
• reciting commonly applied rule that “mere proximity to contraband, without more, is legally insufficient to prove possession.”
• finding “ready reach” where the defendant was driving a vehicle unrestrained and, after he exited the vehicle, officers found a baggie of cocaine in between the driver’s seatbelt connector and the center console
• If the State presents competent evidence to establish each element of the crime, a motion for judgment of acquittal should be denied
• motion for judgment of acquittal challenges the legal sufficiency of the evidence to establish each element of the crime charged

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Jones v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2001-08-03· cited 87×
• Durousseau v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2010-12-09· cited 54×
• State v. Odom
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2003-10-10· cited 35×
• V.L. v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2001-07-06· cited 32×
• D.T.B. v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2004-12-22· cited 22×
• N.H. v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2005-01-05· cited 20×
• Sigler v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2001-12-05· cited 16×
• Watkins v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2002-09-20· cited 13×
• Taylor v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2009-05-19· cited 12×
• State v. Hawkins
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2001-06-15· cited 12×
• State v. Burrows
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2006-11-06· cited 11×
• Hill v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2004-05-13· cited 8×
• State v. Sims
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2013-03-25· cited 8×
• State v. Tovar
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2013-03-06· cited 8×
• Petion v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2009-03-04· cited 7×
• Bufford v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2003-05-16· cited 6×
• L.C. v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2001-10-12· cited 6×
• McCoy v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2003-03-26· cited 5×
• Lukaszewski v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2013-04-08· cited 5×
• Tyus v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2003-05-20· cited 5×

Cites

29 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Miranda v. Arizona
  Supreme Court· 1966-06-13· cited 58,288×
• State v. Law
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1989-07-27· cited 545×
• Lynch v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1974-03-13· cited 390×
• Brown v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1983-03-03· cited 180×
• State v. Allen
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1976-07-21· cited 155×
• Chicone v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1996-10-24· cited 155×
• Frank v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1967-05-23· cited 141×
• Spinkellink v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1975-02-19· cited 130×
• Toole v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1985-07-11· cited 73×
• Dupree v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1998-01-07· cited 70×
• Hively v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1976-07-16· cited 65×
• State v. Medlin
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1973-02-14· cited 56×
• Gartrell v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1993-11-18· cited 50×
• Wilcox v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1988-04-12· cited 23×
• Jean v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1994-06-15· cited 20×
• Smith v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1997-01-22· cited 20×
• Proko v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1990-09-13· cited 18×
• In Interest of EH
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1991-05-15· cited 14×
• Thomas v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1987-09-17· cited 13×
• Hampton v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1996-10-16· cited 12×