Miller v. State

How courts have described this case

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

• finding the death sentence disproportionate despite substantial aggravation, including HAC, where the mental mitigation was substantial and related to the crime
• “The legislature has not authorized consideration of the probability of recurring violent acts by the defendant.”
• impermissible for sentencing court to invoke defendant's mental illness, a mitigating factor, as aggravating factor in support of imposing the death penalty
• only aggravating factors specified in statute may be considered

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Zant v. Stephens
  Supreme Court· 1983-06-22· cited 2,410×
• Barclay v. Florida
  Supreme Court· 1983-07-06· cited 820×
• Wainwright v. Goode
  Supreme Court· 1983-11-28· cited 499×
• Robert Alton Harris v. R. Pulley, Warden of the California State Prison at San Quentin, California
  Ninth Circuit· 1989-09-28· cited 159×
• People v. Davis
  Supreme Court of Colorado· 1990-07-09· cited 154×
• Grossman v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1988-02-18· cited 151×
• Alvord v. Wainwright
  Eleventh Circuit· 1984-02-10· cited 137×
• Walker v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1997-09-04· cited 117×
• Jon S. Miller, Cross-Appellee v. Richard L. Dugger, Cross-Appellant
  Eleventh Circuit· 1988-03-10· cited 97×
• Perez v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2006-01-05· cited 87×
• McCampbell v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1982-10-28· cited 65×
• State v. Steele
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2006-02-02· cited 54×
• Geralds v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1992-04-30· cited 53×
• Bassett v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1984-03-08· cited 52×
• Alvord v. Wainwright
  Eleventh Circuit· 1984-04-25· cited 47×
• Lawrence v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2003-03-20· cited 47×
• Wayne E. Ritter v. Fred Smith, Commissioner, Alabama Department of Corrections and J.D. White, Warden, Holman Unit
  Eleventh Circuit· 1984-04-09· cited 46×
• Arthur Frederick Goode, III v. Louie L. Wainwright
  Eleventh Circuit· 1983-05-02· cited 45×
• Drake v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1983-10-27· cited 43×
• Crook v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2005-07-07· cited 35×

Cites

8 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Proffitt v. Florida
  Supreme Court· 1976-07-22· cited 1,798×
• Elledge v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1977-04-07· cited 200×
• Jones v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1976-05-12· cited 66×
• Swan v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1975-09-03· cited 64×
• Burch v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1977-03-10· cited 51×
• Huckaby v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1977-02-17· cited 34×
• Miller v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1976-04-07· cited 30×
• Purdy v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1977-02-03· cited 25×