640 So. 2d 59 - Peterka v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1994
Citation profile
1 federal appellate · 39 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 40 later decisions — most recently January 2018 · most notably Ray v. State (2000), San Martin v. State (1998)
1 federal appellate · 39 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 Miranda v. State of Arizona Vignera · Witherspoon v. Illinois · Wainwright v. Witt · Michigan v. Mosley · United States Accardi v. Shaughnessy
Most-quoted passages
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“Peterka forged Russell's signature and cashed the money order. He paid Russell one hundred dollars to use Russell's identification. Russell instigated a shoving match over the money order that escalated into a fight in the living room of the duplex. Both men reached for Peterka's gun, but Peterka got it first. As Russell got up from the couch, the weapon accidentally fired and the bullet entered the top of Russell's head. Russell fell down on the couch. Peterka wrapped Russell's body in a rug, drove to a remote part of Eglin Air Force Base, and buried the body in a shallow grave.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Peterka v. State“; (5) admitting testimony that Russell suspected Peterka of stealing the money order and that Russell intended to let the police handle the matter; (6) admitting into evidence a photograph of Russell's skull; (7) entering a sentencing order that lacked clarity; (8) finding the aggravating factor that the homicide was committed to disrupt or hinder the lawful exercise of a governmental function or the enforcement of laws; (9) finding that the murder was committed for pecuniary gain; (10) referring to other”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Peterka v. State“As to Peterka's relevance argument, we find the photograph relevant to the medical examiner's testimony that not enough tissue remained on the skull to determine the proximity of the gun to the victim's head. Thus, the trial court did not abuse its discretion in admitting the photograph into evidence.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
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