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Tillman test in Florida

7 Florida opinions name it 2 courts 1965–2009 0 in the last five years

The cases below were cited by Florida courts in a sentence that names this issue. Sides come from how each citing opinion treated the case (Syfertize flag on that citation), so a case can appear on both: that is where the law is contested. A red or yellow chip is the case's own overall treatment.

Followed or applied (3)

CaseFollowedCited
State v. Roygreen
fladistctapp · 2006 · cited in 2 Florida opinions naming this issue, 2006–2006
2 sentences

2006See State v. Roy, 944 So.2d 403, 406-07 (Fla. 3d DCA 2006) (reversing an order dismissing an information that included one count of battery on a law enforcement officer and finding that under the Tillman test, once an officer effectuates an actual arrest, use of force is still prohibited to resist it, even if the arrest is illegal).

2006See State v. Roy, 944 So.2d 403, 406-07 (Fla. 3d DCA 2006) (reversing an order dismissing an information that included one count of battery on a law enforcement officer and finding that under the Tillman test, once an officer effectuates an actual arrest, use of force is still prohibited to resist it, even if the arrest is illegal).

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Goodwin v. Stategreen
fla · 1999 · cited in 1 Florida opinions naming this issue, 2009–2009
1 sentence

2009See Goodwin v. State, 751 So.2d 537, 547 (Fla.1999) (“[T]he correct appellate standard is whether the trial court abused its discretion in its denial of a mistrial.”).

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Tillman v. Stategreen
fla · 1992 · cited in 1 Florida opinions naming this issue, 1993–1993
1 sentence

1993See Tillman v. State, 609 So.2d 1295 (Fla.1992) (Kogan, J., dissenting).

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Distinguished, questioned or overruled (0)

CaseNegativeCited
No negative-treatment citations attached to this issue in Florida. Read the followed side critically anyway.

Also cited on this issue (2)

CaseCitedYears
Tillman v. State red
fla · 2006
2 sentences

2007Id. at 1274 .

2007Id. at 1274 .

22007–2007
Buck v. City of Hallandale green
fla · 1955
2 sentences

1965Admittedly, also, the Tillman rule, by clear implication at least, overruled the prior non-waiver rule of Buck v. City of Hallandale, Fla., 85 So.2d 825 .

1965Admittedly, also, the Tillman rule, by clear implication at least, overruled the prior non-waiver rule of Buck v. City of Hallandale, Fla., 85 So.2d 825 .

11965–1965

Statutes the citing opinions construe

FL § 784.07 (4)

Counted by distinct opinions that both name this issue and are annotated to the section; sections every opinion cites regardless of issue are not filtered here, so read the counts against the total above.

Where else courts name it

FL 7 (1965–2009) AL 3 (2003–2012) KS 3 (1976–1979) TX 2 (1996–2016) MN 2 (2026–2026)

Opinions by the citing court's state. A doctrine retained in one state and abandoned in another shows up here as a year span that stalls.

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