SCOTUS
This case's chief issue concerned whether a judge or a jury should determine if a defendant’s prior felonies occurred on “separate occasions” under the ACCA
What is Erlinger v. United States?
In Herard v. State, and according to the Fifth Amendment-based Miranda right to counsel, Miranda warnings are only required by law enforcement to the defendant when he/she is both what
What is "in custody and under interrogation"?
In Carter v. State, these suspicions collectively were determined to not create reasonable suspicion in order to conduct a Terry stop (name at least two of the three)
What are possession of a concealed firearm, presence in a high-crime area, and ignoring officer's inquiries?
In Wright-Johnson v. State, this exception was applied by the 3d DCA to affirm the denial of the defendant's motion to suppress based on the officer relying on current binding precedent for the warrantless search
What is the good-faith exception?
This method of drug detection is no longer enough alone to provide probable cause for a warrantless search, as ruled in Ford v. State from the 5th DCA, as it cannot distinguish illegal marijuana use from legal medical use
What is an alert from a K9?
This Act's amended 2018 version downgrading the penalty for first-time offenders with firearms was central in the recently released decision for Hewitt v. United States
What is the First Step Act?
These two cases taken up by the Florida Supreme Court involve claims regarding the ruling of Erlinger by the Supreme Court the previous year (name one)
What is Wainwright v. State?
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What is Tanzi v. State?
This Act was the center of a complex legal dilemma encountered in Wester v. State in trying to determine whether a single individual planting narcotics and falsely arresting individuals was enough to qualify as an "enterprise"
What is the RICO Act?
In Young v. State, the 4th DCA determined that the unlawful search of the defendant's social media account was determined to be unlawful since it did not fall into this exception?
What is the good-faith exception to the exclusionary rule?
The prosecution's failure to request this in Dixon v. State resulted in the trial court exceeding its limits by granting the State's amendment since it added a new felony charge
What is a no-contact order?
This case's denial of cert involves dissent from Justice Gorsuch regarding his opinion that Florida's allowance of 6 jurors to make up a jury is unconstitutional according to the Seventh Amendment
What is Cunningham v. Florida?
In Randolph v. State, the Court affirmed that information about who does not qualify as mitigation evidence as it is not "relevant to the defendant’s character, prior record, or the circumstances of the offense to be admissible.”
Who are biological parents?
In Ash v. State, how many Faretta inquiries did the trial court conduct to where the defendant claimed that the mere quantity of the hearings made him feel coerced into representing himself
What is fourteen?
In Nixon v. State, the defendant's postconviction motion claim of ineffective counsel was properly denied since he failed to show that the juror who made negative comments about the defendant during voir dire was what?
What is "actually biased"?
The defendant in State v. Ivory brought what weapon into a Wal-Mart, where it was determined by the 6th DCA to be a "dangerous weapon" due to its design
What is a machete?
The prosecutor in Glossip v. Oklahoma failed to correct a witness's false testimony regarding whether he had previously seen a psychiatrist or had taken medication, which a violation of what
What is the Napue violation?
This three-pronged mental illness test was not met by the defendant in Foster v. State, and thus his postconviction motion for a disability claim was properly denied
What is the Atkins test?
This case was an opportunity for the 2d DCA to clarify its previous ruling in Owens v. State (2021) where Chief Justice Sleet also dissented in order to endorse the 5th DCA's decision in Baxter v. State (2024)
What is Simmons v. State?
Despite the Florida Supreme Court's ruling in Bryant v. State (1995), this action by the judge was determined not to be a fundamental error since both counsels had agreed to it prior to it being done
What is the judge leaving the courtroom during the presentation of evidence to the jury?
This phrase previously required to be put on the driver's license of certain offenders was found to be unconstitutional and a violation of the 1st Amendment in Crist v. State, although the 5th DCA still urges the Florida Supreme Court to hear it as well.
What is "SEXUAL PREDATOR"?
This federal Act's "otherwise" clause was ruled in Fischer v. United States to limit criminal liability where the Government can prove the defendant impaired the availability or integrity of official documents
What is the Sarbanes-Oxley Act?
Who is Justice Jorge Labarga?
This reason for incapacitation was seen by the trial court as a waiving of the defendant's right to be present at his trial in Nipper v. State, only for the case to be remanded by the 1st DCA for new trial
What is knowingly ingesting meth?
This response made by the defendant in Smith v. State was affirmed to be a statement, not a question, regarding the law enforcement officer's reading of his constitutional rights, thus requiring that no Miranda-rights based answer was required to be given by the officer
What is "I can contact my lawyer."?
This double jeopardy test was proven to be satisfied in State v. Banda, where the trial court erred in failing to sentence the defendant to both solicitation and transmission of harmful material to a minor
What is the "different elements test"?