Williams v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1982
Citation profile
3
cited by 3 later decisions
1
states following
July 1984
most recently cited
3 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 397 So. 2d 1120 - Tibbs v. State · 293 So. 2d 44 - Lynch v. State · 356 So. 2d 1325 - Lowery v. State · Baeumel v. State · 404 So. 2d 388 - Gray v. State
Most-quoted passages
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“The question in this case is whether it is reasonable to infer from proof of the fact that a person is actually confined as a prisoner in a legitimate prison or jail or is in the actual custody of a genuine law enforcement officer as his prisoner that such prisoner is in "lawful" custody. The jury made that inferential deduction in this case. Since it was based on a logical and probable connection with the antecedent fact, I decline to hold that the jury was unreasonable, as a matter of law, in doing so. I am aware that other district courts have held to the contrary in similar situations. Two such cases are Abbott v. State, 326 So.2d 204 (Fla. 1st DCA 1976), and Maggard v. State, 226 So.2d 32 (Fla. 4th DCA 1969). However, I feel those opinions and the majority opinion invade the province of the jury.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissente.g. State v. Williams“Any prisoner confined in any prison, jail, road camp, or other penal institution, state, county, or municipal, working upon the public roads, or being transported to or from a place of confinement who escapes or attempts to escape from such confinement shall be guilty of a felony of the second degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082, s. 775.083, or s. 775.084. The punishment of imprisonment imposed under this section shall run consecutive to any former sentence imposed upon any prisoner.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissente.g. State v. Williams“It was necessary for the state to prove, as an essential element of the crime of escape, that the accused was in "lawful custody" as that term is defined in the above statutes. The requisite quantum of proof in a criminal case is "proof beyond and to the exclusion of reasonable doubt." The state, merely by a showing of custody, even though such showing may support a reasonable inference of lawful custody, has not met the test to support a criminal conviction.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissente.g. State v. Williams
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