State Supreme Court / Fla.

Chestnut v. State

Decided January 5, 1989. Stephen H. Grimes wrote the opinion for the court.

538 So. 2d 820 · Cited 92 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.

Bethea v. United States · 365 A.2d 64
State v. Wilcox · 70 Ohio St. 2d 182
Gurganus v. State · 451 So. 2d 817
People v. Wingo · 534 P.2d 1001
Ezzell v. State · 88 So. 2d 280
Commonwealth v. Grey · 505 N.E.2d 171
Johnson v. State · 439 A.2d 542
Zeigler v. State · 402 So. 2d 365
Commonwealth v. Terry · 521 A.2d 398
Linehan v. State · 476 So. 2d 1262
State v. Doss · 568 P.2d 1054
State v. Bouwman · 328 N.W.2d 703
State v. Burge · 195 Conn. 232
Kight v. State · 512 So. 2d 922
Wilson v. State · 333 N.E.2d 755
Beckstead v. People · 292 P.2d 189
State v. Smith · 396 A.2d 126
State v. Flattum · 361 N.W.2d 705
People v. Mangiapane · 271 N.W.2d 240
Starkweather v. State · 93 N.W.2d 619
Everett v. State · 97 So. 2d 241
Tremain v. State · 336 So. 2d 705
State v. Nichols · 209 N.E.2d 750
State v. Holden · 512 P.2d 970
State v. Wm. Lester Schleigh · 310 P.2d 341

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Frey v. State · 708 So. 2d 918
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Drew v. State · 551 So. 2d 563
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