Smiley 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 substantive change in self-defense law cannot apply to conduct occurring prior to the effective date of the amendment
• holding that a statute establishing an affirmative defense “in a broad context that had not previously existed” is substantive
• finding that statutory change in self-defense duty to retreat to be given prospective application under constitutional mandate
• stating that procedural statutes “should be applied to pending cases in order to fully effectuate the legislation’s intended purpose”
• “‘Repeal or amendment of a criminal statute shall not affect prosecution or punishment for any crime previously committed.’”
• “Therefore, article X, section 9 of the Florida Constitution makes it constitutionally impermissible for section 776.013 to receive retroactive application.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• State of Florida v. Anthony Duwayne Horsley, Jr.
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2015-03-19· cited 174×
• Florida Hosp. Waterman, Inc. v. Buster
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2008-03-06· cited 68×
• Pembroke Lakes Mall Ltd. v. McGruder
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2014-02-26· cited 47×
• Mederos v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2012-08-10· cited 33×
• Love v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2018-05-11· cited 32×
• RONALD HIGHT, JR. v. STATE OF FLORIDA
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2018-08-08· cited 23×
• Kenz v. Miami-Dade County
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2013-04-24· cited 23×
• American Optical Corp. v. Spiewak
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2011-07-08· cited 23×
• State v. Degahson
  Ohio Court of Appeals· 2022-08-26· cited 21×
• John Thomas Dorsey v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2014-10-08· cited 20×
• Grice v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2007-10-05· cited 18×
• Luis Rios v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2014-08-13· cited 14×
• Partlow v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2013-01-04· cited 12×
• Citizens Property Insurance Corp. v. Trapeo
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2014-01-31· cited 12×
• Gonzalez v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2008-04-30· cited 9×
• Feris v. Club Country of Fort Walton Beach, Inc.
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2014-04-30· cited 8×
• McWhorter v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2007-12-12· cited 6×
• Mitchell v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2007-09-12· cited 5×
• State of Florida v. Christopher L. Carpenter
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2015-02-04· cited 5×
• STATE OF FLORIDA v. JEFFREY REININGER
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2018-09-05· cited 5×

Cites

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

• Steinhorst v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1982-03-04· cited 391×
• Witt v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1980-07-24· cited 342×
• F.B. v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2003-07-11· cited 200×
• Hedges v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1965-03-17· cited 109×
• State v. Garcia
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1969-12-10· cited 87×
• Metro. Dade County v. Chase Fed. Housing
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1999-06-10· cited 85×
• Arrow Air, Inc. v. Walsh
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1994-11-17· cited 75×
• Redondo v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1981-07-23· cited 75×
• City of Lakeland v. Catinella
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1961-04-28· cited 69×
• The Florida Bar Re: Standard Jury Instructions Criminal Cases
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1985-10-10· cited 61×
• Weiand v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1999-03-11· cited 53×
• City of Orlando v. Desjardins
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1986-09-11· cited 42×
• Troy v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2006-10-19· cited 35×
• State v. Watts
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1990-03-15· cited 33×
• State v. Cohen
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1990-09-27· cited 31×
• Redondo v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1980-03-04· cited 25×
• Ex parte Pells
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1891-06-15· cited 25×
• Bunkley v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2002-11-21· cited 15×
• Baker v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1987-03-25· cited 13×
• Thompson v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2004-11-10· cited 11×

Other cases named Smiley v. State

72 other CourtListener records share this case name; the 50 most cited are listed.

• Smiley v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2002-02-21· cited 44×
• Smiley v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1923-07-12· cited 31×
• Smiley v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 1983-05-31· cited 26×
• Smiley v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1881-02-15· cited 20×
• Smiley v. State
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 1995-04-28· cited 18×
• Smiley v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1981-03-10· cited 15×
• Smiley v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 1992-06-26· cited 13×
• Smiley v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 1st Dist. (Houston)· 2004-01-22· cited 13×
• Smiley v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 2015-03-09· cited 13×
• Smiley v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1997-12-30· cited 12×
• Smiley v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1982-10-07· cited 11×
• Smiley v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1991-12-27· cited 10×
• Smiley v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1994-01-10· cited 10×
• Smiley v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 1993-08-13· cited 10×
• Smiley v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1999-11-22· cited 9×
• Smiley v. State
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 2001-06-04· cited 9×
• Smiley v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2017-02-27· cited 9×
• Smiley v. State
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 2015-03-06· cited 8×
• Smiley v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 1974-04-23· cited 7×
• Smiley v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 1979-05-22· cited 7×
• Smiley v. State
  Wyoming Supreme Court· 2018-05-15· cited 7×
• Smiley v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2001-11-01· cited 6×
• Smiley v. State
  Court of Appeals of Mississippi· 2001-07-17· cited 6×
• Smiley v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 1979-10-30· cited 6×
• Smiley v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1978-02-01· cited 6×
• Smiley v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2007-02-16· cited 5×
• Smiley v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2011-02-28· cited 5×
• Smiley v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1919-01-23· cited 4×
• Smiley v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2003-03-13· cited 3×
• Smiley v. State
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 2014-01-29· cited 3×
• Smiley v. State
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 2010-05-07· cited 3×
• Smiley v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1925-11-10· cited 3×
• Smiley v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2000-01-05· cited 3×
• Smiley v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2010-11-30· cited 2×
• Smiley v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 2009-05-01· cited 2×
• Smiley v. State
  Missouri Court of Appeals· 2006-07-28· cited 2×
• Smiley v. State
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 1991-10-07· cited 2×
• Smiley v. State
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1974-08-15· cited 2×
• Smiley v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 1976-10-12· cited 2×
• SMILEY v. STATE
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma· 2017-01-23· cited 1×
• Smiley v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1982-10-18· cited 1×
• Smiley v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2009-10-16
• Smiley v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2010-08-18
• Smiley v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2008-01-15
• Smiley v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2009-10-15
• Smiley v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 2008-08-15
• Smiley v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2008-03-17
• Smiley v. State
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 2009-03-23
• Smiley v. State
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 2008-03-20
• Smiley v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2010-12-10