Carter 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 a habitual offender sentence is illegal when the habitual offender statute in effect at the time of the crime prohibited a court from imposing habitual offender status
• holding that \illegal” means that \no judge under the entire body of sentencing statutes could possibly inflict [them] under any set of factual circumstances”
• concluding that because the error in sentencing Carter as a habitual offender for a life felony was apparent on the face of the record, Carter was entitled to relief pursuant to rule 3.800(a)
• holding that the sentencing court has discretion when imposing an HFO sentence
• stating that “improper habitualization may have collateral consequences that could ultimately increase the length of [a defendant’s] sentence”
• explaining that a sentence is illegal if it imposes a kind of punishment that no judge under the entire body of sentencing law could impose under any set of factual circumstances

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• State v. McBride
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2003-05-15· cited 335×
• Williams v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2007-05-17· cited 165×
• Bover v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2001-10-04· cited 119×
• Harris v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2001-06-21· cited 109×
• William J. Plott v. State of Florida
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2014-09-18· cited 48×
• State v. Matthews
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2004-12-23· cited 47×
• Wright v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2005-09-01· cited 46×
• Jose Martinez v. State of Florida
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2017-02-23· cited 41×
• Boyd v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2004-05-21· cited 36×
• MacK v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2002-07-03· cited 32×
• Blacker v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2010-10-20· cited 32×
• Saintelien v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2008-08-28· cited 26×
• Cabrera v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2004-10-08· cited 22×
• O'NEAL v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2003-11-19· cited 20×
• State v. McMahon
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2012-04-05· cited 20×
• Delemos v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2007-11-28· cited 19×
• Andrew R. v. Arizona Department of Economic Security
  Court of Appeals of Arizona· 2010-01-14· cited 18×
• Allen v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2003-08-29· cited 17×
• Pankhurst v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2001-09-26· cited 16×
• Bruno v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2003-02-06· cited 15×

Cites

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

• Hale v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1993-10-14· cited 430×
• State v. Mancino
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1998-06-11· cited 282×
• Maddox v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2000-05-11· cited 262×
• Davis v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1995-07-20· cited 248×
• State v. Callaway
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1995-07-20· cited 219×
• Ashley v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1993-02-25· cited 194×
• Judge v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1992-03-20· cited 145×
• State v. Whitfield
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1986-04-24· cited 116×
• Lamont v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1992-12-24· cited 111×
• King v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1996-10-24· cited 94×
• Amendments to Florida Rules of Criminal Procedure 3.111(e) & 3.800
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1999-11-12· cited 84×
• In Re Rule 9.331, Etc.
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1982-06-24· cited 66×
• Dixon v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1999-02-04· cited 60×
• Blakley v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1999-12-08· cited 56×
• Hopping v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1998-02-19· cited 45×
• Bover v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1999-04-28· cited 25×
• Kelly v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1999-07-16· cited 17×
• Summers v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1999-11-19· cited 16×
• Nathan v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1997-02-28· cited 14×
• Austin v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2000-04-19· cited 9×