SAWYER

v.

FLORIDA

Citator

Cited By

• City OF Pompano Beach v. Capalbo, 455 So. 2d 468 (Fla. 4th DCA 1984)
  …ation of traditional principles of statutory construction. The ordinance, like any other legislative enactment, enjoys a presumption of validity. State v. Sawyer, 346 So. 2d 1071 (Fla. 3d DCA), cert. denied, 353 So. 2d 678 (Fla.1977), cert. denied, 436 U.S. 914, 98 S.Ct. 2255, 56 L.Ed.2d 414 (1978); see State v. McDonald, 357 So. 2d 405 (Fla.1978). Where a literal interpretation of a statute leads to an absurd result, the strict letter of the law should yield to the obvious intent of the legislature. Fol…
• Thomas v. Zant, 697 F.2d 977 (11th Cir. 1983)
  …and murder of Clifford Floyd. The Supreme Court of Georgia affirmed the convictions and sentences for murder and kidnapping and vacated the conviction and sentence for armed robbery. Thomas v. State, 240 Ga. 393, 242 S.E. 2d 1 (1977), cert. denied, 436 U.S. 914, 98 S.Ct. 2255, 56 L.Ed.2d 415 (1978). Thomas then filed a state habeas corpus petition alleging that his trial counsel was constitutionally ineffective in failing to investigate or prepare for the penalty phase of the trial. An evidentiary hearing…
• Corn v. Zant, 708 F.2d 549 (11th Cir. 1983)
  …codified as Off.Code Ga.Ann. § 17-10-35 (1982)), the Supreme Court of Georgia upheld Corn’s sentence of death for murder but suspended its imposition for the armed robbery conviction. Corn v. State, 240 Ga. 130, 240 S.E. 2d 694 (1977), cert. denied, 436 U.S. 914, 98 S.Ct. 2255, 56 L.Ed.2d 415 (1978). Corn then filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus in the Superior Court of Tattnall County, Georgia. The state habeas court denied relief, which denial was subsequently affirmed by the Georgia Supreme Co…

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