Stephens v. State

How courts have described this case

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

• appellate counsel not ineffective for failure to challenge the constitutionality of section 921.141(5)( l ) where trial counsel did not object during trial
• “[A]ppellate counsel cannot be deemed ineffective for failing to raise this claim on direct appeal because even if he had done so, this Court would have declined to address the merits of the claim.” (citing Lukehart v. State, 776 So. 2d 906 (Fla. 2000))

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Wright v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2009-09-03· cited 100×
• Ferrell v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2010-01-14· cited 64×
• Smith v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2009-12-17· cited 43×
• Nelson v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2010-04-29· cited 41×
• Wickham v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2013-05-02· cited 36×
• & SC16-224 Enoch D. Hall v. State of Florida & Enoch D. Hall v. Julie L. Jones, etc.
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2017-02-09· cited 29×
• Morton v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2008-08-28· cited 28×
• Sexton v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2008-09-18· cited 28×
• Orme v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2009-11-19· cited 24×
• Emilia L. Carr v. State of Florida
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2015-02-05· cited 18×
• Hildwin v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2011-06-02· cited 9×
• Stephens v. Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections
  Eleventh Circuit· 2012-05-01· cited 8×
• & SC13-2422 Gerhard Hojan v. State of Florida & Gerhard Hojan v. Julie L. Jones, etc.
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2017-01-31· cited 8×
• & SC15-297 Donald Lenneth Banks v. State of Florida and Donald Lenneth Banks v. Julie L. Jones, etc.
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2017-04-20· cited 5×
• State v. Yeomans
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2015-09-03· cited 2×
• & SC13-2422 Gerhard Hojan v. State of Florida and Gerhard Hojan v. Julie L. Jones, etc.
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2015-09-03
• McCoy v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2013-05-02
• Mingo v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2011-03-30
• WISBEN SANON v. STATE OF FLORIDA
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2023-04-12
• James D. Ford v. State of Florida
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2025-02-07

Cites

59 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×
• Crawford v. Washington
  Supreme Court· 2004-03-08· cited 14,756×
• Hill v. Lockhart
  Supreme Court· 1985-11-18· cited 11,299×
• Wiggins v. Smith, Warden
  Supreme Court· 2003-06-26· cited 5,961×
• Cuyler v. Sullivan
  Supreme Court· 1980-05-12· cited 5,389×
• Roper v. Simmons
  Supreme Court· 2005-03-01· cited 3,523×
• Tison v. Arizona
  Supreme Court· 1987-04-21· cited 1,617×
• Knight v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1981-02-24· cited 404×
• Nelson v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1973-02-28· cited 400×
• Freeman v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2000-06-08· cited 331×
• Huff v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1993-07-01· cited 322×
• Occhicone v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2000-06-29· cited 321×
• Rutherford v. Moore
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2000-10-12· cited 256×
• Pope v. Wainwright
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1986-10-16· cited 230×
• Sochor v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2004-07-08· cited 228×
• Thompson v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2000-04-13· cited 204×
• Stephens v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2001-03-15· cited 151×
• Mansfield v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2000-03-30· cited 148×
• McLin v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2002-09-12· cited 146×
• Blanco v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1997-09-18· cited 140×