WEAVER

v.

GRAHAM, GOVERNOR OF FLORIDA

Citator

Cited By (124 total)

• Boyd v. State, 578 So. 2d 718 (Fla. 3d DCA 1991)
  …t any one of them to the heightened punishment of RICO. See United States v. Huber, 603 F. 2d 387, 395 (2d Cir.1979) (prosecution must avoid the danger of attempting to apply RICO to situations for which it was not primarily intended), cert. denied, 445 U.S. 927, 100 S.Ct. 1312, 63 L.Ed.2d 759 (1980).3 We turn next to the issue of the propriety of consolidating the offenses in the absence of proof of racketeering. Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.152(a) provides the defendant with the absolute right t…
• Ruth v. Dep't OF Legal Affairs, 684 So. 2d 181 (Fla. 1996)
  …U.S. 1005, 104 S.Ct. 996, 79 L.Ed.2d 229 (1984); United States v. L’Hoste, 609 F. 2d 796, 813 n. 15 (5th Cir.), cert. denied, 449 U.S. 833, 101 S.Ct. 104, 66 L.Ed.2d 39 (1980); United States v. Huber, 603 F. 2d 387, 396 (2d Cir.1979), cert. denied, 445 U.S. 927, 100 S.Ct. 1312, 63 L.Ed.2d 759 (1980). Because the action is in personam, the federal district court does not need territorial jurisdiction over the real property sought in the forfeiture action. The same is not true in Florida. Florida’s RICO s…
• Weaver v. Graham, 450 U.S. 24 (U.S. 1981)
  …n a companion case raising the same issue where it reasoned that “gain time allowance is an act of grace rather than a vested right and may be withdrawn, modified, or denied.” Harris v. Wainwright, 376 So. 2d 855, 856 (1979).7 We granted certiorari, 445 U. S. 927, and we now reverse. II The ex post jacto prohibition8 forbids the Congress and the States to enact any law “which imposes a punishment for an act which was not punishable at the time it was committed; or imposes additional punishment to that then…