Williams 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 the victim’s sleep at the time of a stabbing was insufficient
• stating that sentencing a defendant within the permitted range, but outside of the recommended range, does not constitute a departure
• \A trial judge may not substitute his own opinion for that of the Sentencing Guidelines Commission simply because he does not agree with the presumptive sentence.\
• the fact that defendant entered the victim's home at night while the victim was sleeping and, thus, vulnerable, was not a valid reason for departure
• \[a] trial judge may not substitute his own opinion for that of the Sentencing Guidelines Commission simply because he does not agree with the presumptive sentence.\
• fact that defendant stabbed victim while she was sleeping and therefore more vulnerable is not, by itself, a clear and convincing reason to depart

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Miller v. Florida
  Supreme Court· 1987-06-09· cited 1,316×
• Shull v. Dugger
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1987-11-25· cited 212×
• Williams v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1987-03-19· cited 105×
• United States v. Lewis
  Fourth Circuit· 2010-05-27· cited 76×
• Wemett v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1990-08-30· cited 46×
• Scott v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1987-06-11· cited 42×
• Davis v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1987-12-23· cited 36×
• Huhn v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1987-09-16· cited 36×
• Branam v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1990-01-04· cited 34×
• Hall v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1987-08-05· cited 25×
• Reginald L. Bryant v. State of Florida
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2014-10-09· cited 24×
• Peters v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2013-11-20· cited 24×
• Moore v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1988-08-31· cited 15×
• Mitchell v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1987-05-14· cited 13×
• Abt v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1987-04-01· cited 12×
• State v. Devine
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1987-09-30· cited 12×
• Jakubowski v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1986-09-17· cited 11×
• State v. Baker
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1986-12-16· cited 11×
• Fryson v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1987-05-06· cited 11×
• Staten v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1986-12-23· cited 10×

Cites

8 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Hendrix v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1985-08-29· cited 329×
• State v. Mischler
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1986-04-03· cited 241×
• In re Rules of Criminal Procedure
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1983-09-08· cited 79×
• State v. Young
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1985-08-29· cited 41×
• Santiago v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1985-10-31· cited 23×
• Allen v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1985-10-09· cited 11×
• Williams v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1985-06-25· cited 9×
• Napoles v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1985-02-07· cited 7×