Thomas v. State

How courts have described this case

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

• noting that offense requires “not merely that the accused intended to commit a burglary or trespass while those tools were in his possession, but that the accused actually intended to use those tools to perpetrate the crime”
• “The only, real issue is whether the actions óf the accused showed he or she was preparing to use the tool to commit a burglary or trespass.”
• “Mere possession standing alone will not constitute a crime.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• James v. United States
  Supreme Court· 2007-04-18· cited 1,145×
• State v. Gray
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1995-05-04· cited 232×
• Green v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1992-08-27· cited 126×
• In Re Stan. Jury Instr. in Criminal Cases
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1989-03-30· cited 52×
• Rogers v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1995-05-11· cited 48×
• Standard Jury Instructions in Criminal Cases (95-2)
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1995-12-07· cited 38×
• Holland v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2000-10-05· cited 37×
• Bedford v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1991-10-10· cited 37×
• United States v. Keenan Joyner
  Eleventh Circuit· 2018-02-22· cited 32×
• Hierro v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1992-11-17· cited 26×
• Jones v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1992-11-12· cited 24×
• E.B. v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1989-01-06· cited 20×
• Morehead v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1990-02-08· cited 18×
• Jimmy Pierre v. U.S. Attorney General
  Eleventh Circuit· 2018-01-18· cited 18×
• Calliar v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1999-12-02· cited 17×
• Williams v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1997-03-05· cited 16×
• Watkins v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1998-01-02· cited 14×
• Karp v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1997-07-30· cited 13×
• Baxter v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1991-09-13· cited 13×
• Duckett v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1990-09-06· cited 11×

Cites

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

• McArthur v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1977-09-30· cited 185×
• Davis v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1956-11-16· cited 171×
• Mayo v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1954-03-16· cited 113×
• Gustine v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1923-06-13· cited 75×
• Garcia-Anguiana v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1980-11-10· cited 72×
• Culberson v. Mississippi
  Supreme Court· 1980-11-10· cited 65×
• Stone v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1979-11-01· cited 61×
• Holland v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1897-01-15· cited 58×
• Jenkins v. Wainwright
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1975-07-02· cited 56×
• Foster v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1973-12-05· cited 37×
• Head v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1952-12-16· cited 36×
• State v. Thomas
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1978-09-21· cited 28×
• Tucker v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1912-06-15· cited 28×
• Hodges v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1965-06-09· cited 22×
• Harris v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1916-07-28· cited 13×
• Preston v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1979-08-01· cited 9×
• Crosby v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1977-12-09· cited 6×
• James v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1984-07-06· cited 5×
• Frame v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1980-10-22· cited 5×
• Hubbell v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1984-02-02· cited 5×