Little 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 applying general policy on motion for downward departure results in fundamental error
• reversing after the trial court stated: “When a jury finds a defendant guilty, I don’t downward depart.”
• trial court’s policy of refusing to consider a downward departure sentence in cases where the defendant was convicted by a jury constituted fundamental error

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

6 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Fraser v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2016-10-19· cited 6×
• A.P. v. Department of Children & Families
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2017-11-01· cited 5×
• Kiley v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2019-05-10· cited 5×
• JOSHUA E WALLACE v. STATE OF FLORIDA
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2018-10-24
• JEFFERY GESKE v. STATE OF FLORIDA
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2024-01-12
• Mark Duane Hodges v. State of Florida
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2026-03-27

Cites

9 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Maddox v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2000-05-11· cited 262×
• Banks v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1999-04-15· cited 258×
• Jackson v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2008-05-29· cited 203×
• Hopkins v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1994-01-20· cited 102×
• Cromartie v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2011-08-25· cited 40×
• Barnhill v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2014-06-06· cited 22×
• Patterson v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2001-09-07· cited 19×
• Pressley v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2011-10-31· cited 11×
• Jorquera v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2004-03-24· cited 8×