Ratliff 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 that a life sentence does not violate article 1, section 17 of the Florida Constitution, which forbids an indefinite term of imprisonment
• holding that a sentence of life imprisonment does not violate the prohibition against indefinite terms of imprisonment
• holding that a sentence of life imprisonment does not violate the proscription in Article I, Section 17 of the Florida Constitution against an indefinite term of imprisonment
• holding that a sentence of life imprisonment does not violate the proscription in Article I, Section 17 of the Florida Constitution against an indefinite term of imprisonment
• noting that “[t]he term ‘life’ is sufficiently definite so that it can be understood and applied,” and holding that “a sentence of life imprisonment does not violate article 1, section 17”
• “[T]he Legislature, by prescribing a sentence of life imprisonment, intends that the defendant remain in prison for the rest of his life. The term ‘life’ is sufficiently definite so that it can be understood and applied.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Holmes v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2018-01-24· cited 6×
• Baron v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2010-07-21· cited 3×
• Pacheco v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2008-04-22· cited 1×
• DANIEL LYTLE v. STATE OF FLORIDA
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2018-02-21
• OLIVER S. STEEL v. STATE OF FLORIDA
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2018-03-14
• TISEN K. WASHINGTON v. STATE OF FLORIDA
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2018-07-25
• Mark F. Baughn v. State of Florida
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2018-09-25
• RODERICK MULLINS v. STATE OF FLORIDA
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2019-01-04
• RANDY MARQUARDT v. STATE OF FLORIDA
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2019-01-23
• BERNARD D. WILSON v. STATE OF FLORIDA
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2019-05-29
• WILLIAM R. NELSON v. STATE OF FLORIDA
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2020-09-16
• Banda v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2014-05-28
• Arango v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2014-11-26
• Monsanto-Berrio v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2016-07-06
• RICHARD W. MC CARTHY v. STATE OF FLORIDA
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2021-09-03
• JIMMY JERMAINE BROWN v. STATE OF FLORIDA
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2021-09-24
• Lytle v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2018-02-21
• Steel v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2018-03-14
• Washington v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2018-07-25
• Baughn v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2018-09-25

Cites

4 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• State v. Wershow
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1977-02-25· cited 76×
• Alvarez v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1978-04-04· cited 66×
• Johnson v. Crosby
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2005-03-23· cited 7×
• Lopez v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2005-03-16· cited 3×