Gardner v. State

Decided September 28, 1988. Lenore L. Prather wrote the opinion for the court.

531 So. 2d 805 · Cited 83 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.

• Brady v. United States · 397 U.S. 742
• Sanders v. State · 440 So. 2d 278
• Papachristou v. City of Jacksonville · 405 U.S. 156
• Central of Georgia Railway Co. v. Wright · 207 U.S. 127
• Tiller v. State · 440 So. 2d 1001
• Botts v. State · 210 So. 2d 777
• Yates v. State · 189 So. 2d 917

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