Wright v. State

How courts have described this case

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

• duress not a defense to intentional homicide, either to a principal or aider and abettor
• “[W]e find the rule in Florida to be that aiders and abettors may be convicted either upon proof of their own state of mind or upon proof that they knew that the person aided had the requisite state of mind . . . .”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Henry v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1992-12-24· cited 35×
• Commonwealth v. Vasquez
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2012-07-17· cited 34×
• State v. Finnell
  New Mexico Supreme Court· 1984-06-06· cited 32×
• Brown v. People
  Supreme Court of The Virgin Islands· 2010-10-27· cited 28×
• Gahley v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1990-08-30· cited 22×
• McMillan v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 2012-08-24· cited 22×
• Parker v. Dugger
  Eleventh Circuit· 1989-06-19· cited 17×
• McMillan v. State
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 2008-09-09· cited 16×
• Driggers v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2005-12-23· cited 14×
• Mickel v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2006-06-07· cited 13×
• In re Standard Jury Instructions in Criminal Cases—Report No. 2011-03
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2012-05-17· cited 12×
• Henry v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1991-08-29· cited 12×
• Salas v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2007-12-14· cited 9×
• State v. Mannering
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 2002-06-21· cited 8×
• Hunt v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2000-02-18· cited 7×
• Chestnut v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1987-02-23· cited 5×
• Christin Bilotti v. Florida Department of Corrections
  Eleventh Circuit· 2025-04-11· cited 5×
• Jamerson v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1996-07-24· cited 4×
• In Re STANDARD JURY INSTRUCTIONS IN CRIMINAL CASES—REPORT NO. 2013-07
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2014-07-10· cited 4×
• In re Chiquita Brands Int'l, Inc.
  S.D. Florida· 2018-01-03· cited 4×

Cites

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

• State v. Moore
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1976-06-29· cited 99×
• People v. Merhige
  Michigan Supreme Court· 1920-12-21· cited 77×
• McCoy v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1898-06-15· cited 44×
• State v. Toscano
  Supreme Court of New Jersey· 1977-06-27· cited 43×
• State v. Fuller
  Nebraska Supreme Court· 1979-05-01· cited 34×
• Hines v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1969-10-23· cited 30×
• Koontz v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1967-11-15· cited 29×
• Henry v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1921-05-30· cited 22×
• Foxworth v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1972-09-20· cited 19×
• Rizzolo v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1889-04-29· cited 19×
• I.R. v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1980-06-17· cited 19×
• Jackson v. State
  Missouri Court of Appeals· 1977-10-31· cited 17×
• United States v. Terry Lee Wood
  Ninth Circuit· 1977-12-30· cited 15×
• State v. Taylor
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 1979-01-02· cited 15×
• Cawthon v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1980-04-10· cited 15×
• United States Fidelity & Guar. Co. v. Perez
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1980-06-03· cited 15×
• Shockey v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1976-08-17· cited 14×
• State v. Dissicini
  Supreme Court of New Jersey· 1975-02-04· cited 14×
• Beasley v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1978-06-28· cited 14×
• Prather v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1966-01-26· cited 14×