Curtis v. State’s Empirical Analysis
2001
Citation profile
3
cited by 3 later decisions
1
states following
March 2003
most recently cited
3 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Heggs v. State · Witt v. State · 730 So. 2d 265 - Dixon v. State · 775 So. 2d 950 - State v. Miles · Regan v. State
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“Id. Retroactivity, then, must only be afforded to those changes in the law which perform a much more significant and fundamental function than merely fine-tuning existing law, even if the change of law is constitutional in nature. Id. at 267-68 . Based on this reasoning, the First District held in Curtis v. State, 805 So.2d 995 (Fla. 1st DCA 2001): The admissibility of blood-alcohol tests in Miles is an evolutionary refinement in the law rather than a jurisprudential upheaval that requires retroactive treatment under Witt. It is a”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“The admissibility of blood-alcohol tests in Miles is an evolutionary refinement in the law rather than a jurisprudential upheaval that requires retroactive treatment under Witt. It is a "rare" case that meets the stringent criteria of Witt. Dixon v. State, 730 So.2d 265, 267 (Fla.1999). This is not one of those rare cases.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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