Taylor v. State

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that where evidence, regardless how weak, supports a self-defense theory, it is error to deny the instruction
• holding that a defendant is entitled to his requested instruction no matter \how weak or improbable his testimony may have been with respect to the circumstances\ leading to the commission of the offense
• holding defendant entitled to requested self-defense instruction no matter “how weak or improbable his testimony may have been with respect to the circumstances” leading to commission of offense
• “A defendant is entitled to his requested self-defense instruction regardless of how weak or improbable his testimony may have been with respect to the circumstances leading up to the battery.”
• “A defendant is entitled to his requested self-defense instruction regardless of how weak or improbable his testimony may have been with respect to the circumstances leading up to the battery.”
• “A defendant is entitled to his requested self-defense instruction regardless of how weak or improbable his testimony may have been with respect to the circumstances leading up to the battery.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

16 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Holley v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1982-12-16· cited 30×
• Langston v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2001-04-20· cited 22×
• Williams v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1991-10-24· cited 17×
• Johnson v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1994-04-13· cited 15×
• State v. Hartzog
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1991-02-20· cited 13×
• Goode v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2003-10-22· cited 12×
• Vila v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2011-10-28· cited 12×
• Weller v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1986-08-13· cited 9×
• O'Steen v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1989-07-18· cited 9×
• McInnis v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1994-09-23· cited 8×
• Martin v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2013-02-22· cited 8×
• Parker v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2005-07-20· cited 2×
• Franceschi v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1992-08-18
• CARLOS LORENZO GONZALEZ v. STATE OF FLORIDA
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2024-04-19
• Corey Stephen Smith v. State of Florida
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2025-06-27
• Maria D Ortiz v. State of Florida
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2025-07-18

Cites

7 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Tascano v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1980-06-05· cited 147×
• Ivester v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1981-05-11· cited 46×
• Kilgore v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1972-12-01· cited 31×
• Redondo v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1980-03-04· cited 25×
• Hughes v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1981-06-22· cited 8×
• Taylor v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1974-09-27· cited 3×
• Monroe v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1980-06-04· cited 3×