Wilkes 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 convictions of attempted murder and attempted felony murder, arising out of single attempt to cause death to single victim, violated double jeopardy
• holding the Houser rule “also extends to convictions for attempted murder and attempted felony murder from the same attempted killing”
• explaining “[O]nly one homicide conviction and sentence may be imposed for a single death,” quoting Houser v. State, 474 So. 2d 1193, 1196 (Fla. 1985
• “Therefore, allowing both convictions to stand, yet withholding the imposition of sentence for one of the offenses, does not cure the double jeopardy violation as it is ‘the record of appellant’s conviction [that] constitutes the violation of double jeopardy.’ ” (citations omitted)

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

8 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Samuel R. Brown v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2016-10-28· cited 4×
• OBRIAN OAKLEY v. STATE OF FLORIDA
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2018-02-07· cited 1×
• Humphrey v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2018-03-07· cited 1×
• MICHEL CHERFRERE v. STATE OF FLORIDA
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2019-07-17
• ALPHURS VERNON SYMONETTE v. STATE OF FLORIDA
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2021-03-24
• Denson v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2014-08-18
• Anthawn Ragan, Jr. v. the State of Florida
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2024-10-30
• Jordan Dawkins v. State of Florida
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2026-03-25

Cites

16 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Perkins v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1991-03-14· cited 149×
• Valdes v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2009-01-30· cited 135×
• State v. Waters
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1983-07-28· cited 105×
• Gordon v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2001-02-22· cited 89×
• Coughlin v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2006-07-07· cited 79×
• Jones v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1992-11-12· cited 24×
• Tumblin v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2007-09-26· cited 20×
• Williams v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2012-06-21· cited 15×
• Ellis v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1983-01-19· cited 14×
• Gorham v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2008-08-06· cited 11×
• Tucker v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2003-10-29· cited 10×
• Jackson v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2004-04-07· cited 8×
• DeAngelo v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2003-12-09· cited 6×
• Florida v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2003-07-09· cited 6×
• Smith v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2008-01-16· cited 4×
• Mobley v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2012-09-28· cited 2×