Dennis v. State

Decided October 25, 1989. William Joel Blass wrote the opinion for the court.

555 So. 2d 679 · 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.

• Odom v. State · 355 So. 2d 1381
• Craft v. State · 84 So. 2d 531
• Howard v. State · 181 So. 525
• McFee v. State · 511 So. 2d 130
• Johnson v. State · 477 So. 2d 196
• Holifield v. State · 275 So. 2d 851
• Buckhalter v. State · 480 So. 2d 1128
• Quarles v. State · 199 So. 2d 58
• Shelby v. State · 402 So. 2d 338
• Barnes v. State · 457 So. 2d 1347

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