Bates v. State

How courts have described this case

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

• concluding that the amended sentencing statute did not apply retroactively
• concluding that the amended sentencing statute did not apply retroactively
• rejecting the defendant’s argument that it would have been “relevant mitigation” for the jury to hear about his other consecutive sentences
• rejecting the defendant's argument that it would have been \relevant mitigation\ for the jury to hear about his other consecutive sentences
• “Retroactive application of the law is generally disfavored ... and any basis for retroactive application must be unequivocal and leave no doubt as to the legislative intent.”
• “Retroactive application of the law is generally disfavored . . . and any basis for retroactive application must be unequivocal and leave no doubt as to the legislative intent.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Connor v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2001-09-06· cited 331×
• Thompson v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2000-04-13· cited 204×
• Bradley v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2001-03-01· cited 143×
• Francis v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2001-12-20· cited 120×
• Card v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2001-10-11· cited 117×
• Morrison v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2002-03-21· cited 104×
• Williams v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2007-10-18· cited 100×
• Taylor v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2003-06-05· cited 99×
• Deparvine v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2008-09-29· cited 95×
• Rimmer v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2002-07-03· cited 92×
• Frances v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2007-10-11· cited 87×
• Singleton v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2001-02-15· cited 85×
• Overton v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2001-09-13· cited 80×
• Duest v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2003-06-26· cited 79×
• Keen v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2000-09-28· cited 74×
• Zeigler v. Crosby
  Eleventh Circuit· 2003-09-19· cited 72×
• Hayward v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2009-12-10· cited 70×
• Florida Hosp. Waterman, Inc. v. Buster
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2008-03-06· cited 68×
• Miller v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2010-06-03· cited 68×
• Guardado v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2007-06-28· cited 61×

Cites

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

• Ake v. Oklahoma
  Supreme Court· 1985-02-26· cited 3,332×
• Franklin v. Lynaugh
  Supreme Court· 1988-09-15· cited 852×
• State v. Dixon
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1973-07-26· cited 745×
• Steinhorst v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1982-03-04· cited 391×
• Terry v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1996-01-04· cited 247×
• Campbell v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1990-06-14· cited 233×
• State v. Smith
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1989-06-22· cited 218×
• Willacy v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1997-04-24· cited 127×
• Williams v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1986-12-24· cited 116×
• Franqui v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1997-06-26· cited 102×
• Nibert v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1990-07-26· cited 98×
• State v. Lavazzoli
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1983-07-07· cited 95×
• San Martin v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1997-12-24· cited 91×
• Nixon v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1990-11-29· cited 85×
• Mahn v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1998-04-16· cited 80×
• Blanco v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1997-09-18· cited 77×
• Foster v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1996-07-18· cited 75×
• Almeida v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1999-07-08· cited 75×
• Sliney v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1997-07-17· cited 63×
• Hall v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1993-01-14· cited 56×