Legal Opinion
Carter v. State
District Court of Appeal of Florida
Decided May 20, 1975No. U-471PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
312 So.2d 494 (1975)
James Ruben CARTER, Appellant,
v.
STATE of Florida, Appellee.
No. U-471.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.
May 20, 1975.
Alan R. Parlapiano, Asst. Public Defender, for appellant.
Robert L. Shevin, Atty. Gen., and Wallace E. Allbritton, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.
2Per curiam
Appellant here seeks our judicial approval of his possession of a deadly weapon while a prisoner, allegedly for the purpose of protecting himself against other inmates. While there is a narrow defense of necessity available to a prisoner whose escape has been motivated by sufficiently perilous…
3Cases cited2 opinions
- Helton v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1975
- Kanouse v. RussellDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1975
4Cited by7 opinions
- Marrero v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1987
- Mungin v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1984
- United States v. Steven HoltCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1996
- State v. VandiverMissouri Court of Appeals · 1988
- Dardy v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1975
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