791 So. 2d 537 - Atkinson v. State’s Empirical Analysis
2001
Citation profile
5
cited by 5 later decisions
1
states following
September 2018
most recently cited
5 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Heggs v. State · 695 So. 2d 691 - Thompson v. State · Tanguay v. State
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“DOES THE JIMMY RYCE ACT APPLY TO PERSONS CONVICTED OF SEXUALLY VIOLENT OFFENSES BEFORE THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THE ACT WHO WERE NOT IN LAWFUL CUSTODY ON THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THE ACT?”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“Courts are constrained as a basic tenet of statutory interpretation to avoid a construction of a statute that would result in unreasonable, harsh, or absurd consequences.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“all persons convicted of a sexually violent offense and sentenced to total confinement in the future.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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