547 So. 2d 955 - Wemett v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1989
Citation profile
3
cited by 3 later decisions
1
states following
July 1994
most recently cited
3 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on North Carolina v. Pearce · Wasman v. United States · 531 So. 2d 956 - Blackshear v. State · 468 So. 2d 276 - Von Carter v. State · Griffin v. State
Most-quoted passages
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“Our examination of the record in this case has yielded nothing that would suggest that the trial court's imposition of two life sentences, as opposed to the former 260-year sentence with retained jurisdiction for 130 years, was motivated by vindictiveness. Rather, the record indicates the trial court's intent at resentencing was the same as it had been at the time the original sentences were imposed, i.e., to assure that appellant remained incarcerated for the remainder of his life.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“Is a life sentence imposed under guidelines sentencing always a harsher sentence than a term of years, regardless of the length of the sentence for a term of years.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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