King v. State

Decided October 27, 1982. Robert Perkins Sugg wrote the opinion for the court.

421 So. 2d 1009 · Cited 265 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.

• Lampley v. State · 291 So. 2d 707
• Jones v. State · 381 So. 2d 983
• Bullock v. State · 391 So. 2d 601
• Irving v. State · 361 So. 2d 1360
• Smith v. State · 419 So. 2d 563
• Jordan v. State · 365 So. 2d 1198
• Voyles v. State · 362 So. 2d 1236
• Reddix v. State · 381 So. 2d 999
• Edwards v. State · 413 So. 2d 1007
• Gray v. State · 375 So. 2d 994
• Odom v. State · 355 So. 2d 1381

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• Billiot v. State · 454 So. 2d 445
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• Carr v. State · 655 So. 2d 824
• Davis v. State · 660 So. 2d 1228
• Cole v. State · 525 So. 2d 365
• Leatherwood v. State · 435 So. 2d 645
• Wilcher v. State · 697 So. 2d 1087
• King v. State · 656 So. 2d 1168
• Wilcher v. State · 697 So. 2d 1123
• King v. State · 503 So. 2d 271
• Mack Arthur King v. State of Mississippi · 165 So. 3d 1289
• Branch v. State · 882 So. 2d 36
• Cole v. State · 525 So. 2d 365
• Wilcher v. State · 697 So. 2d 1087
• State v. Bland · 958 S.W.2d 651
• Neal v. State · 451 So. 2d 743
• Stringer v. State · 454 So. 2d 468
• Ballenger v. State · 667 So. 2d 1242
• Chase v. State · 645 So. 2d 829

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