Williams v. State

How courts have described this case

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

• stating that merely carrying a concealed firearm does not involve use or threat of physical force or violence against an individual
• explaining that to be entitled to a necessity instruction, appellant must show “(1) the defendant reasonably believed that his action was necessary to avoid an imminent threat of death or serious bodily injury to himself or others; (2
• explaining that to be entitled to a necessity instruction, appellant must show “(1) the defendant reasonably believed that his action was necessary to avoid an imminent threat of death or serious bodily injury to himself or others; (2
• an element of duress is that “the defendant ceased the criminal conduct as soon as the necessity or apparent necessity for it ended”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

7 cases in this archive cite this case.

• McMillan v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 2012-08-24· cited 22×
• McMillan v. State
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 2008-09-09· cited 16×
• McJimsey v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2007-07-05· cited 6×
• Lennart S. Koo v. State of Florida
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2014-09-01· cited 3×
• Johnson v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2007-05-02· cited 2×
• Granberry v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2007-11-02· cited 2×
• Combs v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2007-05-04· cited 1×

Cites

10 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Reed v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2002-12-19· cited 206×
• Sochor v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1993-05-06· cited 103×
• Smith v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1988-01-21· cited 87×
• Bozeman v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1998-07-01· cited 30×
• Martinez v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2006-05-10· cited 26×
• Holiday v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2000-02-24· cited 22×
• Grier v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2006-03-01· cited 15×
• Barnes v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2004-03-11· cited 11×
• Smith v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2006-07-28· cited 10×
• Craven v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2005-07-06· cited 6×