Small v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1979
Citation profile
2
cited by 2 later decisions
1
states following
May 1989
most recently cited
2 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on First Commerce Realty Investors v. Peninsular Title Ins. Co. · Smith v. State · Jones v. State · Culbertson v. State · 346 So. 2d 1218 - Cheatham v. State
Most-quoted passages
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“While it is undisputed that this rule requires a court, before sentencing, to afford a defendant the opportunity to present matters in mitigation of sentence, the court is not compelled under the rules to grant defendant a continuance prior to sentencing upon his motion therefor. The general rule is that the granting or denial of a motion for continuance is within the discretion of the trial court, and the court's action thereto will be reversed only upon a showing of a palpable abuse of discretion... . Defendant was given an opportunity to submit evidence in mitigation of sentence, and we find the trial court fully complied with the requirements of Fla.R.Crim.P. 3.720.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
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