Stevens 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 a memorandum of law need not be sworn if it is not the source of the factual allegations supporting a motion made pursuant to rule 3.850
• \The purpose of the oath is to prevent false factual allegations by subjecting the movant to prosecution for perjury if the factual allegations in the motion prove to be false.\
• “The purpose of the oath is to prevent false factual allegations by subjecting the movant to prosecution for perjury if the factual allegations in the motion prove to be false.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

4 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Spera v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2007-11-01· cited 504×
• Welch v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2007-01-26· cited 3×
• JEFFERY C. GREEN v. STATE OF FLORIDA
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2023-11-09
• Trent Fitzgerald King v. State of Florida
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2025-11-12

Cites

3 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Scott v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1985-01-10· cited 87×
• Oramas v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1993-03-19· cited 5×
• Lewis v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2001-01-17· cited 4×