Oyola v. State

How courts have described this case

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

• rebuking prosecutorial arguments that characterize a defendant’s mitigating evidence as “excuses,” “make-believe,” “flimsy,” or “phantom”
• rebuking prosecutorial arguments that characterize a defendant’s mitigating evidence as “excuses,” “make-believe,” “flimsy,” or “phantom”
• “We have affirmed sentencing orders when the inappropriate language is confined to a stray remark that does not reflect an underlying improper sentencing rationale.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

9 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Rodney Tyrone Lowe v. State of Florida
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2018-10-19· cited 24×
• Leo Louis Kaczmar, III v. State of Florida
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2017-01-31· cited 20×
• Darryl Brian Barwick v. Secretary, Florida Department of COrrections
  Eleventh Circuit· 2015-07-21· cited 16×
• Dale Glenn Middleton v. State of Florida
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2017-03-09· cited 12×
• James Robertson v. State of Florida
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2016-03-17· cited 7×
• MARCUS STRONG v. STATE OF FLORIDA
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2018-06-20· cited 3×
• Dale Glenn Middleton v. State of Florida
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2015-10-22
• Dale Glenn Middleton v. State of Florida – Revised Opinion
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2017-06-01
• William F. Roberts v. State of Florida
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2026-06-25

Cites

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

• Lockett v. Ohio
  Supreme Court· 1978-07-03· cited 5,026×
• Ring v. Arizona
  Supreme Court· 2002-06-24· cited 4,683×
• Spencer v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1993-03-18· cited 539×
• Urbin v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1998-05-07· cited 249×
• Campbell v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1990-06-14· cited 233×
• Provence v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1976-07-21· cited 220×
• Rogers v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1987-07-09· cited 212×
• Elledge v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1977-04-07· cited 200×
• Brooks v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2000-05-25· cited 172×
• Cooper v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1976-07-08· cited 161×
• Riley v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1978-10-26· cited 157×
• Grossman v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1988-02-18· cited 151×
• Walker v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1997-09-04· cited 117×
• Kilgore v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1996-08-29· cited 114×
• Braddy v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2012-11-15· cited 96×
• Franqui v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2011-01-06· cited 92×
• Frances v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2007-10-11· cited 87×
• Singleton v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2001-02-15· cited 85×
• Consalvo v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1997-10-16· cited 84×
• Maggard v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1981-05-07· cited 75×