Peavy v. State

How courts have described this case

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

• upholding finding of HAC where medical examiner testified that victim lost consciousness within seconds and bled to death in a minute or less and there were no defensive wounds
• murder that occurred during burglary and robbery is susceptible to other conclusions than finding it was committed in cold, calculated, and premeditated manner
• jury could reasonably have believed circumstantial evidence presented by the state rather than the defendants’ testimony.
• stabbing can support finding heinous, atrocious, or cruel in aggravation

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

16 cases in this archive cite this case.

• State v. Davis
  Supreme Court of New Jersey· 1989-08-03· cited 184×
• Pedro Medina v. Harry K. Singletary, Florida Department of Corrections
  Eleventh Circuit· 1995-07-17· cited 166×
• Francis v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2001-12-20· cited 120×
• Reynolds v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2006-05-18· cited 98×
• Perez v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2006-01-05· cited 87×
• Medina v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1985-01-31· cited 63×
• Hudson v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1989-01-19· cited 40×
• Dougan v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1985-05-30· cited 37×
• Dunn v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1984-07-19· cited 34×
• Holsworth v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1988-02-18· cited 32×
• Harmon v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1988-05-19· cited 31×
• Porter v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1985-10-25· cited 29×
• Burr v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1987-12-10· cited 13×
• Meek v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1985-07-31· cited 3×
• Keitz v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1984-04-04· cited 1×
• Boronat v. State
  Florida Circuit Courts· 1984-04-27

Cites

25 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×
• Eddings v. Oklahoma
  Supreme Court· 1982-01-19· cited 3,271×
• Proffitt v. Florida
  Supreme Court· 1976-07-22· cited 1,798×
• State v. Dixon
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1973-07-26· cited 745×
• Newlon v. Missouri
  Supreme Court· 1982-10-04· cited 261×
• Jent v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1981-12-03· cited 173×
• Sireci v. Florida
  Supreme Court· 1982-05-17· cited 162×
• Hall v. Blake
  Supreme Court· 1982-05-17· cited 150×
• Breedlove v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1982-03-04· cited 148×
• Mayo v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1954-03-16· cited 113×
• In re Lucas
  Supreme Court· 1982-06-07· cited 112×
• Peek v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1981-01-27· cited 109×
• Halliwell v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1975-12-03· cited 87×
• King v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1980-05-08· cited 82×
• Harris v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1983-09-08· cited 81×
• Combs v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1981-07-30· cited 71×
• Williams v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1980-06-12· cited 53×
• Waterhouse v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1983-02-17· cited 51×
• Simmons v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1982-08-26· cited 39×
• Hitchcock v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1983-05-17· cited 36×