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.

• holding that \[p]roper Williams rule evidence is that which possesses `obvious and telling similarities' to the crime charged.\
• holding that similar crime evidence of a \smash-and-grab\ robbery would not be admissible in a \smash-and-grab\ robbery case because those types of robberies were not unusual
• “Proper Williams rule evidence is that which possesses ‘obvious and telling similarities’ to the crime charged.”
• “Improperly admitting Williams rule evidence is presumed harmful error”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

9 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Kulling v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2002-09-06· cited 13×
• Smith v. Hooligan's Pub & Oyster Bar, Ltd.
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2000-02-16· cited 10×
• Rodriguez v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1996-05-29· cited 7×
• Corinthian v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2000-06-28· cited 2×
• Thermidor v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2010-12-22· cited 1×
• Cox v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2004-04-14· cited 1×
• Nunez v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2013-03-27
• JOHN FESH v. STATE OF FLORIDA
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2021-09-29
• Zachary Nathaniel Music v. State of Florida
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2024-12-04

Cites

12 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Williams v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1959-03-25· cited 1,148×
• Vivona v. Conboy
  Supreme Court· 1959-10-12· cited 351×
• Drake v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1981-05-21· cited 107×
• Peek v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1986-04-17· cited 66×
• Clark v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1980-01-15· cited 21×
• Garrette v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1987-02-10· cited 18×
• Wilson v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1986-07-03· cited 13×
• Bricker v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1985-01-15· cited 12×
• Lee v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1987-06-17· cited 12×
• McKinney v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1984-12-20· cited 8×
• Eans v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1979-01-23· cited 7×
• Lewis v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1995-05-03· cited 3×