545 So. 2d 423 - Smith v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1989
Citation profile
3
cited by 3 later decisions
1
states following
January 1998
most recently cited
3 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Elias v. State · 541 So. 2d 1336 - Bass v. State · 535 So. 2d 636 - Madden v. State · 418 So. 2d 1183 - Hopkins v. State
Most-quoted passages
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“Whether or not appellant mistakenly believed that his sentence would be for twenty-five years, of which he would only serve a portion, or for a twenty-five year mandatory minimum, the record does not indicate that he was ever informed either by his lawyer or the court that the sentence was a life sentence with a twenty-five year mandatory minimum, which is the only authorized sentence for a capital felony when the death sentence is not imposed. Conceivably, under a life sentence appellant could serve longer than the twenty-five-year minimum.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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