Spann 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 counsel was not deficient when he tried to challenge a witness’ testimony
• providing that counsel cannot be deemed ineffective for failing to object to a fair comment which is based on the evidence presented during trial
• providing that counsel cannot be deemed ineffective for failing to object to a fair comment which is based on the evidence presented during trial
• rejecting capital defendant’s claim that his depression rendered his penalty phase jury waiver invalid where record contained no contemporaneous evidence of depression
• “Because the prosecutor was making a fair comment based on the evidence presented at 5 trial, counsel cannot be deemed ineffective for failing to object.”
• “Because the prosecutor was making a fair comment on the evidence presented at trial, counsel cannot be deemed ineffective for failing to object.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

18 cases in this archive cite this case.

• State v. Rizzo
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 2011-11-29· cited 62×
• Valentine v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2012-05-17· cited 55×
• Simpson v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2009-02-12· cited 39×
• Reynolds v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2012-09-27· cited 32×
• Kentrell F. Johnson v. State of Florida
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2018-03-15· cited 15×
• Serrano v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2011-03-17· cited 15×
• Alan Lyndell Wade v. State of Florida
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2014-12-11· cited 14×
• Buzia v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2011-12-08· cited 12×
• Spann v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2012-05-24· cited 12×
• Clark v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2010-04-29· cited 11×
• & SC12-2465 Brett A. Bogle v. State of Florida & Brett A. Bogle v. Julie L. Jones, etc.
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2017-02-09· cited 11×
• Yvonne Marie Johnson v. State of Florida
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2015-10-20· cited 7×
• Tyrone B. Johnson v. State of Florida
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2018-05-25· cited 5×
• Ramey v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2015-10-07· cited 1×
• Jackson v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2009-04-14
• Eric Lynn v. State of Florida
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2019-10-01
• JORGE FELIX ALMARALES v. STATE OF FLORIDA
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2021-06-23
• Cosme v. State of Florida
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2026-05-22

Cites

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

• Strickland v. Washington
  Supreme Court· 1984-06-25· cited 123,578×
• Wiggins v. Smith, Warden
  Supreme Court· 2003-06-26· cited 5,961×
• Frye v. United States
  D.C. Circuit· 1923-12-03· cited 4,204×
• Spencer v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1993-03-18· cited 539×
• Huff v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1993-07-01· cited 322×
• Occhicone v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2000-06-29· cited 321×
• Sochor v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2004-07-08· cited 228×
• McLin v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2002-09-12· cited 146×
• Blanco v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1997-09-18· cited 140×
• Cherry v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1995-08-31· cited 121×
• Rodriguez v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2006-01-19· cited 118×
• Koon v. Dugger
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1993-03-25· cited 104×
• Torres-Arboleda v. Dugger
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1994-04-21· cited 93×
• Cherry v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2000-09-28· cited 88×
• Rose v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1993-03-11· cited 81×
• Hutchinson v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2004-07-01· cited 78×
• Gore v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2001-04-19· cited 76×
• Demps v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1984-12-20· cited 69×
• Mungin v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2006-04-06· cited 64×
• Spann v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2003-04-03· cited 61×