Van Bryant v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1992
Citation profile
16
cited by 16 later decisions
1
states following
March 1993
most recently cited
16 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 383 So. 2d 219 - Eutsey v. State · 591 So. 2d 178 - Florida Bar re Corbin · 593 So. 2d 1049 - Aira v. State · 592 So. 2d 1119 - Anderson v. State · Wright v. State
Most-quoted passages
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“DOES THE HOLDING IN EUTSEY V STATE, 383 S0.2D 219 (FLA.1980), THAT THE STATE HAS NO BURDEN OF PROOF AS TO WHETHER THE CONVICTIONS NECESSARY FOR HABITUAL FELONY OFFENDER SENTENCING HAVE BEEN PARDONED OR SET ASIDE, IN THAT THEY ARE “AFFIRMATIVE DEFENSES AVAILABLE TO [A DEFENDANT],” EUT-SEY, AT 1226, RELIEVE THE TRIAL COURT OF ITS STATUTORY OBLIGATION TO MAKE FINDINGS REGARDING THOSE FACTORS, IF THE DEFENDANT DOES NOT AFFIRMATIVELY RAISE, AS A DEFENSE, THAT THE QUALIFYING CONVICTIONS PROVIDED BY THE STATE HAVE BEEN PARDONED BY THE STATE OR SET ASIDE?”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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