Brown v. State

Decided November 16, 1960. B Campbell Thornal wrote the opinion for the court.

124 So. 2d 481 · Cited 212 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.

• Pait v. State · 112 So. 2d 380
• Henderson v. State · 20 So. 2d 649
• Brown v. Mississippi · 297 U.S. 278
• State v. Brown · 118 So. 2d 574
• Harrison v. State · 5 So. 2d 703
• Boston v. State · 15 So. 2d 607
• Thompson v. State · 17 So. 2d 395
• Williams v. State · 117 So. 2d 473
• Hamilton v. State · 88 So. 2d 606
• Brooks v. State · 117 So. 2d 482
• Nelson v. State · 97 So. 2d 250
• Sinnefia v. State · 100 So. 2d 837

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