385 So. 2d 739 - Howard v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1980
Citation profile
5
cited by 5 later decisions
1
states following
August 2003
most recently cited
4 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Furman v. Georgia · 293 So. 2d 345 - State Ex Rel. Manucy v. Wadsworth · 326 So. 2d 1 - Lowe v. Stack · 374 So. 2d 1154 - Bradley v. State · Bell v. State
Most-quoted passages
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“After the Legislature revitalized the death penalty [in response to Furman ] by the enactment of Section 921.141, Florida Statutes (Supp. 1972), ... the trial of a defendant charged with first degree murder, by information, was void because Article I, Section 15(a) of the Florida Constitution prohibits any person from being tried for a capital crime without presentment or indictment by a grand jury.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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