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.

• holding that defendant is entitled to jury instruction on his theory of case if there is any evidence to support it, no matter how flimsy that evidence might be
• stating that a criminal defendant is entitled to have a jury instruction on his theory of defense if there is any evidence supporting his theory
• stating that criminal defendant is entitled to have jury instruction on his theory of defense if there is any evidence supporting his theory
• a lack of memory does not irreconcilably disprove a self-defense claim so instruction on justifiable use of non-deadly force should be given if requested
• “Inconsistencies in defenses are permitted so long as the proof of one does not necessarily disprove the other.”
• error to deny jury instruction, which allowed person to defend herself against officer “to the extent that she reasonably believes such force is necessary” (emphasis added)

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• State v. Bradley
  Washington Supreme Court· 2000-09-28· cited 42×
• Martinez v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2006-05-10· cited 26×
• Gregory v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2006-08-16· cited 25×
• Morgan v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2013-11-22· cited 18×
• Taylor v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2013-05-15· cited 17×
• Carter v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2004-12-17· cited 15×
• Keyes v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2001-10-03· cited 14×
• Goode v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2003-10-22· cited 12×
• Vila v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2011-10-28· cited 12×
• Sipple v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2007-11-30· cited 11×
• Ramsubhag v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2006-09-13· cited 9×
• Martin v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2013-02-22· cited 8×
• Lynch v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2002-11-06· cited 6×
• Belser v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2003-08-12· cited 6×
• Longval v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2005-11-30· cited 6×
• Jones v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2014-03-19· cited 2×
• Sundberg v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2004-11-19· cited 1×
• Gerlo Ulysse v. State of Florida
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2015-08-12· cited 1×
• King v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2009-07-10
• Howard v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1998-05-27

Cites

10 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Kilgore v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1972-12-01· cited 31×
• Garramone v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1994-05-11· cited 27×
• Vazquez v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1987-12-30· cited 20×
• State v. Holley
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1985-12-12· cited 16×
• Johnson v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1994-04-13· cited 15×
• Wright v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1996-10-18· cited 14×
• Hamilton v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1984-11-14· cited 13×
• Kiernan v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1993-02-17· cited 10×
• Richardson v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1971-08-13· cited 6×
• Elliot v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1997-12-02· cited 5×