Stephenson 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 fundamental error occurred, in the prosecution of a mother for aggravated manslaughter of her child, when the prosecutor commented on the fact that the mother had contemplated having an abortion during the course of her pregnancy with the child

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

4 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Linic v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2012-02-08· cited 10×
• Wimberly v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2010-06-30· cited 6×
• Solano v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2010-04-07· cited 3×
• Akers v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 2025-02-19

Cites

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

• Walker v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1997-09-04· cited 117×
• Gore v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1998-10-01· cited 115×
• Pait v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1959-03-11· cited 83×
• Collman v. State
  Nevada Supreme Court· 2000-08-23· cited 79×
• Sims v. Brown
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1991-01-18· cited 54×
• Trees by & Through Trees v. K-MART
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1985-03-27· cited 38×
• People v. Harris
  Colorado Court of Appeals· 1981-06-18· cited 25×
• DeFreitas v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1997-10-22· cited 25×
• Schneider v. Tapfer
  Oregon Supreme Court· 1919-04-22· cited 25×
• Gluck v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1952-12-22· cited 24×
• Billett v. State
  Supreme Court of Arkansas· 1994-06-20· cited 24×
• Shootes v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2009-10-20· cited 23×
• Chavez v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1968-11-20· cited 23×
• Kaas v. Atlas Chemical Co.
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1993-06-22· cited 22×
• METROPOLITAN PROPERTY & LIABILITY INSURANCE COMPANY v. Shepherd
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1983-04-04· cited 19×
• Brock v. Wedincamp
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2002-01-15· cited 18×
• Fike v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2009-02-27· cited 15×
• State v. Williams
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2008-10-01· cited 15×
• Cordoba v. Rodriguez
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2006-10-18· cited 12×
• MCI Exp., Inc. v. Ford Motor Co.
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2002-09-30· cited 12×