732 So. 2d 899 - Porter v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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1 federal appellate · 27 state decisions

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1. “but confessed that she had escaped. The conversation then turned to what realistic options Simmons had left. Simmons, after further discourse with Guess on this subject, decided against fleeing the jurisdiction or committing suicide. He eventually decided to turn himself in to the authorities. STANDARD OF REVIEW ś 26. This Court will review an appeal from a capital murder conviction and death sentence with”

   4 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 773 So. 2d 309 - Flowers v. State · 805 So. 2d 452 - Simmons v. State

2. “This Court recognizes that `what may be harmless error in a case with less at stake becomes reversible error when the penalty is death.'”

   4 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 773 So. 2d 309 - Flowers v. State · 812 So. 2d 934 - Bishop v. State

3. “there is no evidence that Porter knowingly created a great risk of death to anyone, other than Brown, his intended victim.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 773 So. 2d 309 - Flowers v. State · 842 So. 2d 531 - Flowers v. State