Blanks v. State

Decided June 21, 1989. Armis E. Hawkins wrote the opinion for the court.

547 So. 2d 29 · Cited 85 times

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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.

• Shields v. State · 144 So. 2d 786
• Hughes v. State · 42 So. 2d 805
• Wright v. State · 139 So. 869
• Jones v. State · 152 So. 879
• May v. State · 460 So. 2d 778
• Lanier v. State · 533 So. 2d 473
• Fairchild v. State · 459 So. 2d 793
• Tobias v. State · 472 So. 2d 398
• Whittington v. State · 523 So. 2d 966
• Reed v. State · 91 So. 2d 269
• Donald v. State · 472 So. 2d 370
• Hendrieth v. State · 230 So. 2d 217
• Pace v. State · 298 So. 2d 694

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