State Supreme Court / Fla.

Benefield v. State

Decided February 12, 1964. William G. Terrell wrote the opinion for the court.

160 So. 2d 706 · Cited 160 times

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Precedents cited

Decisions in our collection this opinion relies on, ordered by how often it cites each. Cases we publish link through; others open the full text.

People v. Maddox · 46 Cal. 2d 301
Nielsen v. City of Sarasota · 117 So. 2d 731
Pinkerton-Hays Lumber Company v. Pope · 127 So. 2d 441
Dunnavant v. State · 46 So. 2d 871
Mixon v. State · 54 So. 2d 190
Boynton v. State · 64 So. 2d 536
Kyle v. Kyle · 139 So. 2d 885
Scott v. State · 137 So. 2d 625

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