Dyer v. State

Decided June 16, 1941. J. Edwin Livingston wrote the opinion for the court.

4 So. 2d 311 · Cited 64 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.

• Lambert v. State · 93 So. 708
• Curry v. State · 82 So. 489
• Stone v. State · 93 So. 706
• Vaughn v. State · 183 So. 428
• Dixon v. State · 167 So. 349
• Ivory v. State · 186 So. 460
• Green v. State · 171 So. 643
• Stewart v. State · 165 So. 840
• Cunningham v. State · 93 So. 446

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• New York Times Company v. Sullivan · 144 So. 2d 25
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