Evans v. State

How courts have described this case

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

• “[D]efense counsel is not ineffective for failing to present the defense of diminished capacity because diminished capacity is not a viable defense in Florida.”
• “[D]iminished capacity is not a viable defense in Florida.”
• “[D]iminished capacity is not a viable defense in Florida.”
• discussing “mental health experts’ testimony”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Evans v. Secretary, Department of Corrections
  Eleventh Circuit· 2013-01-04· cited 157×
• State v. Jones
  Washington Supreme Court· 2015-06-11· cited 117×
• Troy v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2011-01-06· cited 48×
• Nelson v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2010-04-29· cited 41×
• Willacy v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2007-06-28· cited 36×
• Diaz v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2013-11-21· cited 34×
• Long v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2013-07-11· cited 25×
• People v. Valdez
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2022-06-29· cited 21×
• Merck v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2013-01-24· cited 16×
• Tavares J. WRIGHT, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2017-03-16· cited 9×
• Evans v. Secretary, Department of Corrections
  Eleventh Circuit· 2012-05-23· cited 8×
• Douglas v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2012-01-05· cited 6×
• In Re: Standard Jury Instructions in Criminal Cases—report 2016-01
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2017-03-09· cited 5×
• Puiatti v. SECRETARY, DEPT. OF CORRECTIONS
  M.D. Florida· 2009-08-14· cited 2×
• In Re: Standard Jury Instructions in Criminal Cases-Report 2018-13.
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2019-06-06· cited 2×
• Burton v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2007-10-26· cited 1×
• MICHAEL PERRY v. STATE OF FLORIDA
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2018-09-26· cited 1×
• Wydell Evans v. Secretary, DOC
  Eleventh Circuit· 2012-05-23
• Moss v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2008-10-15
• Samuel Purchase v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 1st Dist. (Houston)· 2008-03-06

Cites

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

• Strickland v. Washington
  Supreme Court· 1984-06-25· cited 123,578×
• Apprendi v. New Jersey
  Supreme Court· 2000-06-26· cited 28,372×
• Wiggins v. Smith, Warden
  Supreme Court· 2003-06-26· cited 5,961×
• Ring v. Arizona
  Supreme Court· 2002-06-24· cited 4,683×
• Ake v. Oklahoma
  Supreme Court· 1985-02-26· cited 3,332×
• Caldwell v. Mississippi
  Supreme Court· 1985-06-11· cited 2,827×
• Washington v. Recuenco
  Supreme Court· 2006-06-26· cited 1,105×
• Spencer v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1993-03-18· cited 539×
• Espinosa v. Florida
  Supreme Court· 1992-06-29· cited 324×
• Stephens v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1999-11-24· cited 205×
• Johnson v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2005-04-28· cited 124×
• Doorbal v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2003-01-30· cited 122×
• Spencer v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2003-01-09· cited 119×
• Teffeteller v. Dugger
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1999-03-04· cited 118×
• State v. Riechmann
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2000-02-24· cited 98×
• Downs v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1999-05-20· cited 96×
• Chestnut v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1989-01-05· cited 92×
• Cherry v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2000-09-28· cited 88×
• Dufour v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2005-04-14· cited 83×
• Hodges v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2004-10-14· cited 82×