638 So. 2d 30 - Taylor v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1994
Citation profile
1 federal appellate · 18 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 20 later decisions — most recently October 2018
1 federal appellate · 18 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Relies on Witherspoon v. Illinois · Wainwright v. Witt · 457 So. 2d 481 - State v. Neil · Clark v. Florida · 443 So. 2d 973 - Clark v. State
Most-quoted passages
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“The trial judge's predominant function in determining juror bias involves credibility findings whose basis cannot be easily discerned from an appellate record, [ Wainwright v. ] Witt, 469 U.S. 412 at 429 , 105 S.Ct. [844] at 854, [ 83 L.Ed.2d 841 (1985)] and it is the trial judge's duty to decide if a challenge for cause is proper. Id. at 423 , 105 S.Ct. at 851.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“The new jury recommended death by an eight to four vote. The judge found the following aggravating factors: (1) Taylor had a previous felony conviction involving the use or threat of violence; (2) the capital felony occurred during the commission of a sexual battery; and (3) the capital felony was especially heinous, atrocious, or cruel. The court found no statutory mitigators but did give some weight to Taylor’s deprived family background and the abuse he was reported to have suffered as a child. The court considered but gave little weight to Taylor’s remorse, to psychological testimony that while Taylor has above-average intelligence, he suffers from an organic brain injury, and to testimony concerning Taylor’s good conduct in custody. The judge determined that the aggravating circumstances outweighed the mitigating factors and sentenced Taylor to death.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“In our recent opinion in State v. Johans, 613 So. 2d 1319 (Fla.1993), we eliminated the requirement of making a prima facie showing of a strong likelihood of discrimination and held that henceforth a Neil inquiry must be initiated whenever such an objection is made.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Harrison v. Emanuel
How this case has been treated — in progress
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