Subject Matter Index
Criminal Law
© 2010 Judicial & Administrative Research Associates, Inc.
Volume 35, Issue 27
July 9, 2010
CRIMINAL LAW
Aggravated kidnapping--Movement or confinement of victim incidental to sexual battery--Movement of victim from front door of house to bedroom with immediate release following sexual battery 4DCA 1449a
Aggravated stalking--Harassment following entry of final injunction against domestic violence--Defendant's knowledge of permanent injunction--Failure to prove 2DCA 1443a
Appeals--Post conviction relief--Dismissal of motion without prejudice 2DCA 1444a
Argument--Comments relating prosecution witnesses' reluctance to testify and inconsistent statements to the type of community where shooting took place and the community's tendency to protect its members 4DCA 1445c
Attempted second degree murder--Jury instructions--Justifiable use of deadly force--Instruction that defendant had duty to retreat before using deadly force 2DCA 1444b
Attempted second degree murder--Jury instructions--Lesser included offenses--Attempted manslaughter by act--Standard instruction--Erroneous suggestion that intent to kill is element of crime--Fundamental error 2DCA 1460d
Attempted second degree murder with firearm--Evidence--Shooter's statement, "Yeah that's the n---er" 4DCA 1445c
Costs--Crime against minor 2DCA 1460d
Counsel--Appellate--Ineffectiveness--Conflict of interest--Failure to properly present issue of conflict between defendant and trial counsel SCO 409a
Counsel--Ineffectiveness--Evidence--Statements of defendant--Failure to object to confession letter and in-court admissions made during pretrial proceedings based on Miranda violation SCO 409a
Counsel--Ineffectiveness--Evidence--Statements of defendant--Failure to object to statements made in connection with offer to plead guilty during pretrial proceedings SCO 409a
Counsel--Ineffectiveness--Sentencing--Guidelines--Scoresheet--Victim injury--Failure to object to inclusion of points on resentencing after violation of probation 2DCA 1461a
Counsel--Ineffectiveness--Sentencing phase of capital trial--Argument--Failure to object to comment made by state during opening argument SCO 409a
Counsel--Ineffectiveness--Sentencing phase of capital trial--Argument--Failure to sufficiently emphasize mitigating issues during closing argument SCO 409a
Counsel--Ineffectiveness--Sentencing phase of capital trial--Investigation or presentation of mitigating evidence--Mental health expert--Failure to call SCO 409a
Counsel--Ineffectiveness--Sentencing phase of capital trial--Investigation or presentation of mitigating evidence--Religious faith SCO 409a
Counsel--Ineffectiveness--Sentencing phase of capital trial--Investigation or presentation of mitigating evidence--Social background SCO 409a
Counsel--Ineffectiveness--Sentencing phase of capital trial--Presentation of conflicting and unprepared expert witnesses SCO 409a
Counsel--Ineffectiveness--Sentencing phase of capital trial--Witnesses--Presentation of witness who brought partially damaging evidence SCO 409a
DUI manslaughter--Evidence--Expert--Toxicologist--Testimony regarding impairment of other driver at time of intersection collision--Issue of who had green light--Relevancy 4DCA 1452a
Evidence--Attempted murder with firearm--Shooter's statement, "Yeah that's the n---er" 4DCA 1445c
Evidence--DUI manslaughter--Expert testimony--Toxicologist--Testimony regarding impairment of other driver at time of intersection collision--Issue of who had green light--Relevancy 4DCA 1452a
Evidence--Expert--Toxicologist--DUI manslaughter--Testimony regarding impairment of other driver at time of intersection collision--Issue of who had green light--Relevancy 4DCA 1452a
Evidence--Sexual battery on child--Separate crimes or acts of child molestation--Notice 5DCA 1465a
Evidence--Sexual battery on child--Uncharged crimes--Incidents occurring two years after charged crime 5DCA 1465a
Evidence--Uncharged crimes--Evidence inextricably intertwined with charged crime--Incidents occurring two years after charged crime 5DCA 1465a
Forfeiture--Adversarial preliminary hearing--Owner's knowledge that property was being used or likely to be used in criminal activity--Necessity to show SCO 432a
Forfeiture--Owner's knowledge that property was being used or likely to be used in criminal activity--Necessity to show--Adversarial preliminary hearing SCO 432a
Habeas corpus--Counsel--Appellate--Ineffectiveness--see, Counsel--Appellate--Ineffectiveness
Habeas corpus--Sentencing--Death penalty--Constitutionality--Age of defendant--Procedural bar SCO 409a
Habeas corpus--Sentencing--Death penalty--Mentally retarded defendant--IQ score SCO 409a
Jurisdiction--Sentencing--Correction--Expiration of sixty-day period 2DCA 1460b
Jury--Questions--Procedure to be followed in allowing questions from jury 2DCA 1444b
Jury instructions--Attempted manslaughter by act--Standard instruction--Erroneous suggestion that intent to kill is element of crime--Fundamental error--Defendant convicted of attempted second degree murder as lesser included offense of attempted first degree murder 2DCA 1460d
Jury instructions--Attempted second degree murder--Lesser included offenses--Attempted manslaughter by act--Standard instruction--Erroneous suggestion that intent to kill is element of crime--Fundamental error 2DCA 1460d
Jury instructions--Justifiable use of deadly force--Instruction that defendant had duty to retreat before using deadly force 2DCA 1444b
Jury instructions--Manslaughter by act--Standard instruction--Erroneous suggestion that intent to kill is element of crime--Fundamental error--Defendant convicted of attempted second degree murder as lesser included offense of attempted first degree murder 2DCA 1460d
Kidnapping--Movement or confinement of victim incidental to sexual battery--Movement of victim from front door of house to bedroom with immediate release following sexual battery 4DCA 1449a
Lewd or lascivious exhibition--Sexual activity--Defendant's placing of anatomically correct dildo into his mouth in presence of child 5DCA 1463a
Mandamus--Prisoners--Gain time--Challenge to Department of Corrections disciplinary order reducing gain time--Venue 4DCA 1454a
Manslaughter--Attempt--Jury instructions--Standard instruction--Erroneous suggestion that intent to kill is element of crime--Fundamental error 2DCA 1460d
Manslaughter--Driving under influence--Evidence--Expert--Toxicologist--Testimony regarding impairment of other driver at time of intersection collision--Issue of who had green light--Relevancy 4DCA 1452a
Manslaughter by act--Jury instructions--Standard instruction--Erroneous suggestion that intent to kill is element of crime--Fundamental error--Defendant convicted of attempted second degree murder as lesser included offense of attempted first degree murder 2DCA 1460d
Murder--Second degree--Attempt--Evidence--Shooter's statement, "Yeah that's the n---er" 4DCA 1445c
Murder--Second degree--Attempt--Jury instructions--Justifiable use of deadly force--Instruction that defendant had duty to retreat before using deadly force 2DCA 1444b
Murder--Second degree--Attempt--Jury instructions--Lesser included offenses--Attempted manslaughter by act--Standard instruction--Erroneous suggestion that intent to kill is element of crime--Fundamental error 2DCA 1460d
Murder--Sentencing--Death penalty--see, Sentencing--Death penalty
Post conviction relief--Counsel--Ineffectiveness--see, Counsel--Ineffectiveness
Post conviction relief--Cumulative error--Individual claims either meritless, procedurally barred, or insufficient to meet Strickland standard for ineffective assistance of counsel SCO 409a
Post conviction relief--Dismissal of motion without prejudice--Appeals 2DCA 1444a
Post conviction relief--Sentencing--Death penalty--Constitutionality--Age of defendant--Defendant eighteen years and nine months at time of offense SCO 409a
Post conviction relief--Sentencing--Death penalty--Constitutionality--Lethal injection protocol SCO 409a
Post conviction relief--Sentencing--Death penalty--Cruel and/or unusual punishment--Lethal injection SCO 409a
Post conviction relief--Sentencing--Death penalty--Lethal injection--Cruel and/or unusual punishment SCO 409a
Post conviction relief--Sentencing--Death penalty--Mitigating circumstances--Age of defendant--Procedural bar SCO 409a
Post conviction relief--Sentencing--Death penalty--Proportionality--Procedural bar SCO 409a
Prisoners--Gain time--Challenge to Department of Corrections disciplinary order reducing gain time--Venue 4DCA 1454a
Probation--Revocation--Failure to participate in substance abuse rehabilitation program--Religious accommodation 3DCA 1454b
Public defenders--Fees--Notice of right to hearing to contest amount 2DCA 1460d
Repeat violence--Injunction--Two incidents of violence or stalking--Verbal threats in absence of overt act demonstrating imminent violence 4DCA 1453a
Search and seizure--Consensual encounter--Conversion to investigatory stop--Reading of Miranda warning SCO 425b
Search and seizure--Consent--Voluntariness--Consent given during unlawful investigatory stop 3DCA 1455c
Search and seizure--Investigatory stop--Officer positioning vehicle in front of defendant and shining vehicle's spotlight on defendant, with other officers approaching defendant 3DCA 1455c
Search and seizure--Investigatory stop--Reading of Miranda warning during consensual encounter SCO 425b
Search and seizure--Pat down--Consent to pat down before defendant voluntarily entered patrol car SCO 425b
Search and seizure--Seizure--Consensual encounter--Reading of Miranda warning during consensual encounter SCO 425b
Search and seizure--Seizure--Pat down--Consent to pat down before defendant voluntarily entered patrol car SCO 425b
Search and seizure--Stop--Investigatory--Officer positioning vehicle in front of defendant and shining vehicle's spotlight on defendant, with other officers approaching defendant 3DCA 1455c
Search and seizure--Stop--Investigatory--Reading of Miranda warning during consensual encounter SCO 425b
Second degree murder--Attempt--Jury instructions--Justifiable use of deadly force--Instruction that defendant had duty to retreat before using deadly force 2DCA 1444b
Second degree murder--Attempt--Jury instructions--Lesser included offenses--Attempted manslaughter by act--Standard instruction--Erroneous suggestion that intent to kill is element of crime--Fundamental error 2DCA 1460d
Second degree murder with firearm--Attempt--Evidence--Shooter's statement, "Yeah that's the n---er" 4DCA 1445c
Self-defense--Justifiable use of deadly force--Jury instructions--Instruction that defendant had duty to retreat before using deadly force 2DCA 1444b
Sentencing--Amendment--Nullity--Expiration of sixty-day period set forth in Rule 3.800(b) 2DCA 1460b
Sentencing--Consecutive sentences--Credit for time served 5DCA 1466c
Sentencing--Correction--Jurisdiction--Expiration of sixty-day period 2DCA 1460b
Sentencing--Credit for time served--Consecutive sentences 5DCA 1466c
Sentencing--Credit for time served--Jail time--Waiver--Plea agreement--Stipulation as to specific amount of credit--Absence of evidence that defendant knew of entitlement to additional credit and voluntarily relinquished that right 4DCA 1453b
Sentencing--Death penalty--Constitutionality--Age of defendant--Defendant eighteen years and nine months at time of offense SCO 409a
Sentencing--Death penalty--Constitutionality--Lethal injection protocol SCO 409a
Sentencing--Death penalty--Cruel and/or unusual punishment--Lethal injection SCO 409a
Sentencing--Death penalty--Lethal injection--Cruel and/or unusual punishment SCO 409a
Sentencing--Death penalty--Mitigating circumstances--Age of defendant--Procedural bar SCO 409a
Sentencing--Death penalty--Proportionality--Procedural bar SCO 409a
Sentencing--Excess of statutory maximum--Second degree felony--Shooting into building 2DCA 1460b
Sentencing--Guidelines--Departure--Reduction of sentence--Need for specialized medical treatment 5DCA 1462a
Sentencing--Habitual offender--Possession of cocaine 2DCA 1460a
Sentencing--Mandatory minimum--Shooting into building 2DCA 1460b
Sexual battery--Child--Evidence--Separate crimes or acts of child molestation--Notice 5DCA 1465a
Sexual battery--Child--Evidence--Uncharged crimes--Incidents occurring two years after charged crime 5DCA 1465a
Shooting at, within, or into building--Sentencing--Mandatory minimum 2DCA 1460b
Stalking--Aggravated--Harassment following entry of final injunction against domestic violence--Defendant's knowledge of permanent injunction--Failure to prove 2DCA 1443a