Swain 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 defendant is not entitled to successive review of a specific issue decided against him in an earlier post-conviction proceeding even if the question concerns the legality of his sentence
• stating that, under the law of the case doctrine, questions of law actually decided on appeal must govern the case in the same court and the trial court, through all subsequent stages of the proceedings
• While successive 3.800(a) motions are permitted even though the claims could have been raised in previously filed 3.800(a
• while successive Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.800(a) motions are permitted even though the claims could have been raised in previously filed Rule 3.800(a
• “[T]he law of the case doctrine prevents a litigant from relitigating the same issues previously considered and rejected on the merits and reviewed on appeal.”
• “While successive 3.800(a) motions are permitted even though the claims are those which could have been raised in previously filed 3.800(a

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

13 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Galindez v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2005-07-20· cited 25×
• Pleasure v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2006-06-07· cited 16×
• Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. v. Jones
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2005-12-14· cited 5×
• Gonzalez v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2016-10-13· cited 2×
• Robbins v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2005-11-23· cited 1×
• Robert McManus v. State of Florida
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2015-11-12
• JESSIE MCGEE v. THE STATE OF FLORIDA
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2021-08-25
• Simon v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2009-04-01
• Florant v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2007-07-18
• Swain v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2008-06-04
• DANIEL DELEON v. THE STATE OF FLORIDA
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2022-07-27
• TYRONE JORDAN v. THE STATE OF FLORIDA
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2022-08-03
• Jonnie Ravon v. State of Florida
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2025-10-22

Cites

14 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• State v. McBride
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2003-05-15· cited 335×
• Florida Dept. of Transp. v. Juliano
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2001-11-21· cited 230×
• Strazzulla v. Hendrick
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1965-06-30· cited 124×
• Hayes v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2001-11-21· cited 75×
• State v. Tripp
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1994-07-07· cited 58×
• DeCancino v. Eastern Airlines, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1973-09-13· cited 38×
• Castelberry v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1981-07-29· cited 25×
• Kelly v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1999-07-16· cited 17×
• Lyons v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1997-04-02· cited 7×
• Hayes v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1999-09-22· cited 7×
• Swain v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1991-05-14· cited 3×
• Swain v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1978-09-26· cited 1×
• Swain v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1982-02-16· cited 1×
• Goree v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2002-05-29· cited 1×