403 So. 2d 341 - Messer v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1981
Citation profile
3
cited by 3 later decisions
1
cited 1 times by the Supreme Court
1
states following
November 1987
most recently cited
1 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Gardner v. Florida · Proffitt v. Florida · Oliphant v. Suquamish Indian Tribe · 337 So. 2d 783 - Provence v. State · 346 So. 2d 998 - Elledge v. State
Most-quoted passages
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“those mitigating circumstances contained in Section 921.141(6)(a) through (g).”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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