574 So. 2d 1195 - Smith v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1991
Citation profile
21
cited by 21 later decisions
2
states following
September 2000
most recently cited
21 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Schmerber v. State of California · Mahan & Rowsey, Inc. v. Oklahoma Natural Gas · Raphan v. United States · Zerman v. Melton · David W. McKay v. Texas
Most-quoted passages
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“uncertain as to whether the court believed that it could in fact decline to impose that [life] sentence. We therefore believe that the interests of justice require us to vacate the sentence so that the trial judge may consider the matter as one within his discretion.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passagee.g. Isom v. State · Henry v. State
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