882 So. 2d 890 - Bunkley v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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10 state decisions

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1. “[A] decision of a Florida district court of appeal is the law throughout all of Florida on a particular point of law until there is a different rule by another district court or until this Court renders a different rule.... 16 ... A decision of this Court does not, under Florida precedent, erase and make disappear the law of Florida announced by the district court in a decision which is final and which is in effect until this Court changes the law. The person convicted of violating the law remains convicted under the law of Florida which was in effect at the time the person was convicted, just as the person would remain convicted after the Legislature changed the law under which the person was convicted subsequent to the person’s conviction. See Magaw v. State, 537 So.2d 564 (Fla.1989); Moore v. State, 748 So.2d 1094 (Fla. 3d DCA 2000). For more than a century, the law of Florida has been that “[rjepeal or amendment of a criminal statute shall not affect prosecution or punishment for any crime previously committed.” Art. X, § 9, Fla. Const.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissent
   e.g. Davis v. State

2. “the existence of mid-level courts does not diminish the authority of the state's highest court to interpret the law, resolve conflicts among lower courts, and determine issues of constitutional stature or statewide importance.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissent
   e.g. 921 So. 2d 513 - State v. Barnum

3. “It is simply incorrect under Florida's court structure to conclude that a decision from this Court on a point of law that is contrary to a district court decision does not change that law.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissent
   e.g. 921 So. 2d 513 - State v. Barnum