Lanier v. State

Decided April 11, 1984. Neville Patterson wrote the opinion for the court.

450 So. 2d 69 · Cited 232 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.

• King v. State · 168 So. 2d 637
• Coleman v. State · 67 So. 2d 304
• Triplett v. State · 132 So. 448
• Jones v. State · 155 So. 430
• Butler v. State · 296 So. 2d 673
• Powell v. State · 394 So. 2d 326
• Powe v. State · 235 So. 2d 920
• Evans v. State · 275 So. 2d 83
• Bell v. State · 274 So. 2d 371
• Keith v. State · 197 So. 2d 480
• Dobbins v. State · 207 So. 2d 96

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• Pinkney v. State · 538 So. 2d 329
• Lanier v. State · 684 So. 2d 93
• Nolan v. State · 61 So. 3d 887
• Husband v. State · 23 So. 3d 550
• Mease v. State · 539 So. 2d 1324
• Abram v. State · 606 So. 2d 1015
• Fairchild v. State · 459 So. 2d 793
• Hansen v. State · 592 So. 2d 114
• Ballenger v. State · 667 So. 2d 1242
• Chase v. State · 645 So. 2d 829
• Conner v. State · 632 So. 2d 1239
• Evans v. State · 725 So. 2d 613
• Carr v. State · 655 So. 2d 824
• MacK v. State · 650 So. 2d 1289
• Holland v. State · 705 So. 2d 307
• Cole v. State · 525 So. 2d 365
• Blue v. State · 674 So. 2d 1184
• Jones v. State · 461 So. 2d 686
• Nixon v. State · 533 So. 2d 1078
• Simmons v. State · 805 So. 2d 452
• Davis v. State · 684 So. 2d 643
• Faraga v. State · 514 So. 2d 295
• Davis v. State · 551 So. 2d 165
• Wiley v. State · 484 So. 2d 339
• Underwood v. State · 708 So. 2d 18

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