Floyd 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 combined eighty-year sentence was a functional LWOP sentence where the defendant would not be eligible for parole until age eighty-five, exceeding the defendant’s life expectancy
• holding that an 80-year sentence was the functional equivalent of life without the possibility of parole and unconstitutional
• holding that an 80-year sentence was the functional equivalent of life without the possibility of parole and unconstitutional
• concluding two consecutive forty-year sentences violated Graham because the consecutive sentences were “the functional equivalent of a life sentence without parole”
• reversing consecutive forty-year sentences because there was no meaningful opportunity for release required under Graham
• reversing consecutive forty-year sentences because there was no meaningful opportunity for release required under Graham

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• People v. Rainer
  Colorado Court of Appeals· 2013-04-11· cited 340×
• State of Iowa v. Denem Anthony Null
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 2013-08-16· cited 303×
• Henry v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2015-03-19· cited 141×
• Wyatt L. Bear Cloud
  Wyoming Supreme Court· 2014-09-10· cited 137×
• Roosevelt Moore v. M. Biter
  Ninth Circuit· 2013-08-07· cited 81×
• State v. Brown
  Supreme Court of Louisiana· 2013-05-07· cited 65×
• Clyde E. Johnson v. State of Florida
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2017-04-20· cited 32×
• Guzman v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2013-03-13· cited 25×
• Walle v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2012-09-28· cited 24×
• Adams v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2012-08-08· cited 21×
• Peterson v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2016-06-10· cited 13×
• Smith v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2012-06-21· cited 13×
• Javarris Lane v. State of Florida
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2014-10-12· cited 9×
• Franklin v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2014-05-19· cited 9×
• Raymond M. Austin v. State of Florida
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2014-09-22· cited 7×
• Morris v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2015-08-21· cited 6×
• Mediate v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2013-03-01· cited 5×
• Dortch v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2014-04-16· cited 4×
• People v. Lucero
  Colorado Court of Appeals· 2013-04-11· cited 4×
• Leighdon Henry v. State of Florida
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2015-03-19· cited 3×

Cites

6 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Graham v. Florida
  Supreme Court· 2010-05-17· cited 3,477×
• People v. Mendez
  California Court of Appeal· 2010-09-01· cited 115×
• State of Arizona v. Mark Noriki Kasic
  Court of Appeals of Arizona· 2011-10-27· cited 67×
• Henry v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2012-01-20· cited 62×
• Thomas v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2011-12-30· cited 51×
• Gridine v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2011-12-30· cited 18×