Almeida v. State

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• holding that death sentence was disproportionate where, after striking aggravator, defendant was left with a single aggravator and substantial mitigation including \a brutal childhood and vast mental health mitigation\
• holding that death sentence was disproportionate where, after striking aggravator, defendant was left with a single aggravator and substantial mitigation including \a brutal childhood and vast mental health mitigation\
• finding admission of irrelevant autopsy photo harmless \in light of the minor role the photo played in the State's case\
• finding admission of irrelevant autopsy photo harmless \in light of the minor role the photo played in the State's case\
• finding closing argument error harmless, in part, because the trial court instructed the jury that “what the lawyers say is neither evidence nor law”
• finding closing argument error harmless, in part, because the trial court instructed the jury that what the lawyers say is neither evidence nor law

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

65 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Pagan v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2002-04-04· cited 599×
• Rutherford v. Moore
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2000-10-12· cited 256×
• Anderson v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2003-01-16· cited 122×
• State v. Coney
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2003-03-06· cited 114×
• Brooks v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2005-06-23· cited 107×
• Lynch v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2003-01-09· cited 102×
• Rodgers v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2006-10-26· cited 102×
• Williams v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2007-10-18· cited 100×
• Barnhill v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2002-10-10· cited 97×
• Kearse v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2000-06-29· cited 93×
• Frances v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2007-10-11· cited 87×
• Almeida v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1999-07-08· cited 85×
• Douglas v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2004-05-06· cited 81×
• Gore v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2001-04-19· cited 76×
• Blackwood v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2000-12-21· cited 70×
• Bates v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1999-10-07· cited 68×
• Smithers v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2002-05-16· cited 64×
• Hertz v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2001-11-01· cited 63×
• Looney v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2001-11-01· cited 62×
• Williams v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2010-05-20· cited 59×

Cites

26 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Davis v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1994-06-24· cited 2,777×
• State v. DiGuilio
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1986-07-17· cited 2,703×
• State v. Dixon
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1973-07-26· cited 745×
• Tibbs v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1981-04-09· cited 432×
• Traylor v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1992-01-16· cited 375×
• Terry v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1996-01-04· cited 247×
• State v. Owen
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1997-05-08· cited 180×
• Jackson v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1994-10-13· cited 175×
• Willacy v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1997-04-24· cited 127×
• Pope v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1996-06-13· cited 105×
• Nibert v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1990-07-26· cited 98×
• Tompkins v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1986-12-30· cited 95×
• Almeida v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1999-07-08· cited 85×
• Kramer v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1993-04-29· cited 63×
• Gorby v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1993-12-09· cited 50×
• Hooper v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1985-08-15· cited 43×
• Robertson v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1997-07-03· cited 43×
• Banda v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1988-12-08· cited 42×
• Fitzpatrick v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1988-06-30· cited 37×
• Clark v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1992-10-22· cited 35×