State v. Brown

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that the life sentence authorized by section 775.084(4)(a)(l) is not mandatory but may be imposed if a valid ground for upward departure is provided
• a fortiori holding that section 775.084(4)( a ), providing that life sentence \shall\ be imposed upon habitual felony offender, is not mandatory
• \the legislature never intended section 775.084(4)(a)1 to be mandatory.\

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• State v. Cotton
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2000-06-15· cited 311×
• Burdick v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1992-02-06· cited 189×
• King v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1992-03-04· cited 75×
• Burdick v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1991-07-25· cited 32×
• State v. Rinkins
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1994-12-08· cited 25×
• State v. Kendrick
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1992-03-27· cited 23×
• Smith v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1991-02-12· cited 21×
• Adams v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1990-04-24· cited 21×
• State v. Parsons
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1990-10-25· cited 19×
• State v. Allen
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1991-01-16· cited 15×
• Henry v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1991-06-11· cited 15×
• Smart v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2013-10-18· cited 13×
• Isom v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1993-05-25· cited 9×
• Allen v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1992-06-04· cited 9×
• P.P. v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1996-04-19· cited 7×
• Walsingham v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1991-03-06· cited 6×
• McNair v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1990-06-26· cited 6×
• McNair v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1989-03-28· cited 5×
• State v. Fannin
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1991-04-23· cited 4×
• State v. Padron
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1990-12-18· cited 4×

Cites

7 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Carawan v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1987-09-03· cited 474×
• Whitehead v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1986-10-30· cited 271×
• Wakulla County v. Davis
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1981-03-05· cited 73×
• Askew v. Schuster
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1976-04-21· cited 37×
• Winters v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1988-02-25· cited 31×
• Hoefert v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1987-05-13· cited 25×
• Brown v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1987-06-23· cited 2×