Weems v. State

How courts have described this case

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

• extensive juvenile record which could not be considered in calculating the applicable sentence could be a valid reason for departure
• multiple crimes within five years not duplicative of habitual offender law which requires crimes within ten years
• prior arrests without convictions are not a valid reason for departing from sentencing guidelines
• unscored convictions valid reason for departure

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Williams v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1987-03-19· cited 105×
• Puffinberger v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1991-06-06· cited 36×
• Steiner v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1985-05-21· cited 33×
• Davis v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1986-08-27· cited 24×
• Hannah v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1986-01-08· cited 22×
• Williams v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1986-03-05· cited 21×
• Tillman v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1988-04-21· cited 21×
• Hester v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1987-03-11· cited 20×
• Mullen v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1986-01-30· cited 17×
• Frank v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1986-06-20· cited 15×
• Watson v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1986-12-02· cited 13×
• Mitchell v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1987-05-14· cited 13×
• Leopard v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1986-07-31· cited 12×
• Bass v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1986-10-15· cited 11×
• Burke v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1985-12-05· cited 10×
• Brown v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1985-12-26· cited 10×
• Williamson v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1987-07-28· cited 10×
• Nixon v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1986-09-23· cited 9×
• Flournoy v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1987-05-12· cited 9×
• McNealy v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1987-02-06· cited 8×

Cites

3 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Florida Bar: Amendment to Rules of Criminal Procedure
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1984-05-08· cited 85×
• Harvey v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1984-06-13· cited 33×
• Weems v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1984-06-22· cited 27×

Other cases named Weems v. State

50 other CourtListener records share this case name.

• Weems v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1998-07-06· cited 53×
• Weems v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 14th Dist. (Houston)· 2005-07-14· cited 36×
• Weems v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1997-06-02· cited 29×
• Weems v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1984-06-22· cited 27×
• Weems v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1990-06-25· cited 25×
• Weems v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1992-03-20· cited 25×
• Weems v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2012-11-26· cited 23×
• Weems v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1997-09-22· cited 22×
• Weems v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 11th Dist. (Eastland)· 2010-09-30· cited 21×
• Weems v. State
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 2018-04-26· cited 21×
• Weems v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2011-07-06· cited 16×
• Weems v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1996-10-15· cited 13×
• Weems v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1994-11-30· cited 11×
• Weems v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1992-05-27· cited 10×
• Weems v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2024-01-17· cited 10×
• Weems v. State
  Montana Supreme Court· 2023-05-12· cited 9×
• Weems v. State
  Court of Appeals of Mississippi· 2010-05-04· cited 8×
• Weems v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2001-08-10· cited 7×
• Weems v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2009-01-26· cited 6×
• Weems v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1993-12-01· cited 4×
• Weems v. State
  Missouri Court of Appeals· 1979-11-27· cited 3×
• Weems v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 1984-03-20· cited 2×
• Weems v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 1985-01-22· cited 2×
• Weems v. State
  Supreme Court of Arkansas· 1976-03-29· cited 2×
• Weems v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1951-02-12· cited 2×
• Weems v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma· 1964-10-21· cited 1×
• Weems v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1984-10-16· cited 1×
• Weems v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1991-07-30· cited 1×
• Weems v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2002-01-18· cited 1×
• Weems v. State
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 2012-02-02· cited 1×
• Weems v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2010-05-11
• Weems v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2010-04-15
• Weems v. State
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 2008-07-16
• Weems v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2010-10-15
• Weems v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2010-07-28
• Weems v. State
  Alabama Court of Appeals· 1917-06-12
• Weems v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 2015-09-11
• Weems v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 2015-12-11
• Weems v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1953-01-07
• Weems v. State
  Supreme Court of Missouri· 1970-11-23
• Weems v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1992-04-08
• Weems v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1976-07-16
• Weems v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1981-01-06
• Weems v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1971-03-25
• Weems v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1986-08-11
• Weems v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1992-02-06
• Weems v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2017-12-05
• Weems v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 2017-03-17
• Weems v. State
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 1875-09-15
• Weems v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2024-01-17