Law v. State

Decided June 30, 2000. James H. Fry wrote the opinion for the court.

778 So. 2d 249 · Cited 58 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.

• Vaughn v. Rutledge · 462 S.E.2d 132
• Kitchens v. State · 508 S.E.2d 176
• Coon v. State · 675 So. 2d 94
• Elkins v. State · 250 S.E.2d 535
• Harris v. State · 307 S.E.2d 504
• Franklin v. State · 545 So. 2d 183
• Taylor v. State · 600 So. 2d 1080
• Vogel v. State · 543 So. 2d 200
• Thomas v. State · 508 So. 2d 310
• Spence v. State · 766 So. 2d 206

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