Johnston 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 trial judge's ruling on the admissibility of evidence will not be disturbed on appeal absent an abuse of discretion
• concluding that death was appropriate punishment where two aggravating factors, namely prior violent felony and HAC, one statutory mitigating circumstance, and twenty-six nonstatutory mitigating circumstances applied
• concluding that death was appropriate punishment where two aggravating factors, namely prior violent felony and HAC, one statutory mitigating circumstance, and twenty-six nonstatutory mitigating circumstances applied
• concluding evidence of premeditation was sufficient where medical examiner opined that strangulation was not constant and defensive injuries showed victim struggled
• holding death sentence proportional for first-degree murder conviction where the court found two aggravating factors, one statutory mitigator, and twenty-six nonstatutory mitigators
• concluding the death sentence was proportionate where the trial court found the prior violent felony and HAC aggravators, the statutory mitigator regarding impaired capacity, and twenty-six nonstatutory mitigating factors

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• McDuffie v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2007-11-21· cited 161×
• Frank Special v. West Boca Medical Center
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2014-11-13· cited 135×
• Hudson v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2008-09-25· cited 110×
• Salazar v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2008-07-10· cited 109×
• Crain v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2004-10-28· cited 106×
• McWatters v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2010-03-18· cited 98×
• Franklin v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2007-06-21· cited 95×
• Johnson v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2007-07-05· cited 94×
• Frances v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2007-10-11· cited 87×
• Bryant v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2005-04-28· cited 82×
• Hoskins v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2007-04-19· cited 80×
• Ibar v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2006-03-09· cited 77×
• Twilegar v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2010-01-07· cited 73×
• Hayward v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2009-12-10· cited 70×
• Delhall v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2012-07-12· cited 65×
• Morris v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2006-04-20· cited 62×
• Guardado v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2007-06-28· cited 61×
• Patrick v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2012-12-06· cited 59×
• Penalver v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2006-02-02· cited 56×
• Seibert v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2006-02-16· cited 56×

Cites

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

• Apprendi v. New Jersey
  Supreme Court· 2000-06-26· cited 28,372×
• Ring v. Arizona
  Supreme Court· 2002-06-24· cited 4,683×
• Williams v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1959-03-25· cited 1,148×
• Pagan v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2002-04-04· cited 599×
• State v. Law
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1989-07-27· cited 545×
• Banks v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1999-04-15· cited 258×
• Terry v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1996-01-04· cited 247×
• Sireci v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1981-06-10· cited 158×
• Holton v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1991-01-15· cited 149×
• Darling v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2002-01-03· cited 134×
• Swafford v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1988-09-29· cited 134×
• Orme v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1996-05-02· cited 131×
• Chandler v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1997-10-16· cited 128×
• Doorbal v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2003-01-30· cited 122×
• Blanco v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1984-06-07· cited 117×
• Beasley v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2000-10-26· cited 113×
• Woods v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1999-04-15· cited 108×
• Drake v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1981-05-21· cited 107×
• Johnson v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1983-08-25· cited 102×
• Jones v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2003-02-13· cited 101×