512 So. 2d 955 - Boatwright v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1987
Citation profile
5
cited by 5 later decisions
1
states following
May 1991
most recently cited
5 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Enmund v. Florida · 438 So. 2d 1 - Palmer v. State · 476 So. 2d 165 - State v. Carney · 491 So. 2d 1120 - Murray v. State · 467 So. 2d 994 - Florida Bar v. Napier
Most-quoted passages
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“WHETHER THE FLORIDA SUPREME COURT, IN STATE V. ENMUND, [ 476 So.2d 165 (Fla. 1985),] MEANT TO PERMIT A TRIAL JUDGE, IN HIS DISCRETION, TO STACK MINIMUM MANDATORY SENTENCES IN ALL CASES CONCERNING CAPITAL FELONIES, OR WHETHER IT MEANT TO RESTRICT THE SCOPE OF ITS HOLDING IN THAT DECISION TO CASES INVOLVING HOMICIDE.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“the legislature intended that the minimum mandatory time to be served before becoming eligible for parole from a conviction of first-degree murder may be imposed either consecutively or concurrently, in the trial court's discretion, for each and every homicide.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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