Mendoza 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 appellate counsel's failure to raise meritless issue on appeal does not constitute ineffective assistance of appellate counsel
• no fundamental error where State called defendant’s mitigation evidence “excuse[s]” and his expert testimony “garbage”
• “To constitute fundamental error, improper comments by the prosecutor must be so prejudicial that they would taint the jury’s verdict.”
• no fundamental error where State called defendant’s mitigation evidence “excuse[s]” and his expert testimony “garbage”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

19 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Caraballo v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2010-06-24· cited 44×
• Timothy W. Fletcher v. State of Florida
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2015-06-25· cited 35×
• Evans v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2008-08-28· cited 32×
• Bell v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2013-02-07· cited 29×
• Mendoza v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2011-07-08· cited 26×
• Derrick v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2008-05-29· cited 24×
• Mark Anthony Poole v. State of Florida
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2014-06-26· cited 20×
• Leo Louis Kaczmar, III v. State of Florida
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2017-01-31· cited 20×
• Tanzi v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2012-04-19· cited 19×
• Marbel Mendoza v. Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections
  Eleventh Circuit· 2014-07-31· cited 8×
• Ramirez v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2013-01-16· cited 7×
• Thomas v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2013-06-21· cited 2×
• Dismex Food, Inc. v. Harris
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2016-06-01
• DONOVAN M. HENRY v. STATE OF FLORIDA
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2018-09-12
• LAMONT T. LUBIN v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2021-04-14
• ROBERT E. GREATHOUSE v. STATE OF FLORIDA
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2023-09-27
• Tyrone T. Johnson v. State of Florida
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2024-07-11
• Tyrone T. Johnson v. State of Florida
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2024-09-19
• Austin Bates v. State of Florida
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2024-10-09

Cites

24 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×
• Richardson v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1971-03-31· cited 927×
• Freeman v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2000-06-08· cited 331×
• State v. Delva
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1991-02-21· cited 308×
• Rutherford v. Moore
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2000-10-12· cited 256×
• State v. Johnson
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1993-01-14· cited 239×
• Pope v. Wainwright
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1986-10-16· cited 230×
• Sochor v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2004-07-08· cited 228×
• Thompson v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2000-04-13· cited 204×
• Brooks v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2000-05-25· cited 172×
• Cole v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1997-09-18· cited 115×
• Kilgore v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1996-08-29· cited 114×
• Preston v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1992-10-29· cited 99×
• Kelley v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1986-04-10· cited 98×
• Rivera v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1990-04-19· cited 76×
• Mendoza v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1997-10-16· cited 57×
• Fennie v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2003-07-11· cited 38×
• Merck v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1995-10-12· cited 37×
• Mason v. United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida
  Supreme Court· 1998-10-05· cited 37×
• Harmon v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1988-05-19· cited 31×