Taylor 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 trial court did not err in instructing on flight because the defendant was tried before Fenelon was issued
• concluding that DNA evidence linked Taylor to the victim because “the analyst testified that semen found in the victim’s blouse matched Taylor’s DNA profile”
• new standard jury instruction on the aggravating factor of heinous, atrocious, or cruel is not unconstitutionally vague under Espinosa v. Florida, ___ U.S. ___, 112 S.Ct. 2926, 120 L.Ed.2d 854 (1992)
• \This Court intended that the holding in Fenelon be applied prospectively only.\
• “In January, 1991, while Taylor’s former roommate was removing a fence behind the duplex, he discovered a small plastic bag buried in the ground near the fence. The bag contained the pieces of jewelry taken from the victim’s home during the attack and burglary.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Willacy v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1997-04-24· cited 127×
• Geralds v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1996-02-22· cited 99×
• Murray v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1997-04-17· cited 86×
• James v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1997-04-24· cited 79×
• Bates v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1999-10-07· cited 68×
• Murray v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2009-01-30· cited 65×
• Wuornos v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1994-09-22· cited 60×
• Mitchell v. Moore
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2001-04-12· cited 56×
• Taylor v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2011-02-10· cited 49×
• Green v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1994-07-07· cited 44×
• Lovette v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1994-03-31· cited 40×
• Gordon v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1997-11-26· cited 38×
• Merck v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1995-10-12· cited 37×
• Whitton v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1994-12-01· cited 36×
• Cardona v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1994-06-02· cited 29×
• Murray v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2002-10-03· cited 27×
• Pietri v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1994-09-29· cited 20×
• Lett v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1996-03-05· cited 17×
• Kimbrough v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1997-08-21· cited 17×
• Wyatt v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1994-05-05· cited 16×

Cites

12 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Moran v. Burbine
  Supreme Court· 1986-03-10· cited 3,339×
• State v. DiGuilio
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1986-07-17· cited 2,703×
• Espinosa v. Florida
  Supreme Court· 1992-06-29· cited 324×
• Sireci v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1981-06-10· cited 158×
• Hall v. Blake
  Supreme Court· 1982-05-17· cited 150×
• Johnston v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1986-11-13· cited 98×
• Fenelon v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1992-02-13· cited 93×
• Brown v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1985-06-27· cited 60×
• Hall v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1993-01-14· cited 56×
• Owen v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1992-01-23· cited 54×
• Perry v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1988-03-10· cited 42×
• MacKiewicz v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1959-09-11· cited 40×