Legal Opinion

State v. Delva

Supreme Court of Florida

Decided February 21, 1991No. 75784PublishedCited by 302 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

575 So.2d 643 (1991)

STATE of Florida, Petitioner,

v.

Batraville Vincent DELVA, Respondent.

No. 75784.

Supreme Court of Florida.

February 21, 1991.

Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen. and Jacqueline M. Valdespino, Asst. Atty. Gen., Miami, for petitioner.

David A. Corden, Corvallis, Or., for respondent.

2Per curiam

In Delva v. State, 557 So.2d 52 (Fla. 3d DCA 1989), the district court of appeal reversed Delva's conviction for trafficking in cocaine because the trial court did not instruct the jury on an element of the crime, i.e., Delva's knowledge that the substance was cocaine. In an unpublished order denying…

Also in this document: Dissent · McDONALD; Dissent · Kogan.

3Cases cited38 opinions

  1. Chapman v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
  2. Sandstrom v. MontanaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  3. State v. DiGuilioSupreme Court of Florida · 1986
  4. Screws v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1945
  5. Henderson v. KibbeSupreme Court of the United States · 1977

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4Cited by302 opinions

  1. State v. MontgomerySupreme Court of Florida · 2010
  2. Maddox v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 2000
  3. Jackson v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 2008
  4. Emerson Pinkney v. Secretary, Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2017
  5. Reed v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 2002

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