509 So. 2d 1269 - Bulger v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1987
Citation profile
6 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 476 So. 2d 158 - Albritton v. State · 489 So. 2d 25 - Scurry v. State · 480 So. 2d 718 - Scutti v. DANIEL E. ADACHE & ASSOC. · 489 So. 2d 754 - Davis v. State · 498 So. 2d 647 - Mathis v. State
Most-quoted passages
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“The defendant’s crime posed an extreme risk to the physical safety of other citizens. The defendant fired the shotgun on a public highway, raising the prospect of innocent bystanders being wounded or causing a traffic accident which might have involved innocent third parties. Id. at 1270 .”
3 later decisions quote this exact passagee.g. State v. Jefferson · State v. Perez“impliedly negated by the absence of a first-degree murder conviction. This rationale is applicable even where the second-degree murder conviction is the result of a plea, as in the instant case.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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