FIGUEROA ET AL.

v.

UNITED STATES

Citator

Cited By (23 total)

• State v. Porcaro, 539 So. 2d 615 (Fla. 4th DCA 1989)
  …ima facie evidence of extortion, the trial court being of the opinion that there was not when it granted a Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.190(c)(4) motion to dismiss. We reverse. In Matthews v. State, 363 So. 2d 1066 (Fla.1978), cert. denied, 442 U.S. 911, 99 S.Ct. 2825, 61 L.Ed.2d 276 (1979), our supreme court enunciated that “in order for a demand and threat to be actionable under our extortion statute, it must be calculated to coerce the victim’s acquiescence ‘in order to prevent the threat from b…
• Davidson v. E. Master Executive Council, 618 So. 2d 381 (Fla. 3d DCA 1993)
  …Workers of Am., Local 114, 383 U.S. 53, 86 S.Ct. 657, 15 L.Ed.2d 582 (1966); New York Times v. Sullivan, 376 U.S. 254, 84 S.Ct. 710, 11 L.Ed.2d 686 (1964); 45 U.S.C. § 151 et seq. (1993); Matthews v. State, 363 So. 2d 1066 (Fla.1978), cert. denied, 442 U.S. 911, 99 S.Ct. 2825, 61 L.Ed.2d 276 (1979); Menendez v. Key West Newspaper Corp., 293 So. 2d 751 (Fla. 3d DCA1974).…
• Fidel Ramos v. The Honorable Richard D. Lamm, 639 F.2d 559 (10th Cir. 1980)
  …persons trained in law.” Id. at 828, 97 S.Ct. at 1498. However the ruling in Bounds does not hold that inmates have an absolute right to any particular type of legal assistance. See Williams v. Leeke, 584 F. 2d 1336, 1339 (4th Cir.), cert. denied, 442 U.S. 911, 99 S.Ct. 2825, 61 L.Ed.2d 276. The states are still free to choose among a variety of methods or combinations thereof in meeting their constitutional obligations. See Bounds, supra, 430 U.S. at 830-32, 97 S.Ct. at 1499. Under some circumstances, h…