Lester v. State

Decided May 7, 1997. Michael D. Sullivan wrote the opinion for the court.

692 So. 2d 755 · Cited 278 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.

• Carr v. State · 655 So. 2d 824
• Butler v. State · 608 So. 2d 314
• Huddleston v. United States · 485 U.S. 681
• Conner v. State · 632 So. 2d 1239
• Hansen v. State · 592 So. 2d 114
• Houston v. State · 531 So. 2d 598
• MacK v. State · 650 So. 2d 1289
• Blue v. State · 674 So. 2d 1184
• Berry v. State · 575 So. 2d 1
• Stirone v. United States · 361 U.S. 212
• Saffle v. Parks · 494 U.S. 484
• Leatherwood v. State · 435 So. 2d 645
• Thorson v. State · 653 So. 2d 876
• Harris by and Through Ramseyer v. Blodgett · 853 F. Supp. 1239
• Billiot v. State · 454 So. 2d 445
• West v. State · 553 So. 2d 8
• McGarrh v. State · 148 So. 2d 494
• Keys v. State · 635 So. 2d 845
• Cardwell v. State · 461 So. 2d 754
• Commonwealth v. Hamilton · 582 N.E.2d 929
• Hawkins v. State · 80 So. 2d 1
• Powers v. State · 126 So. 12
• White v. State · 30 So. 2d 894
• Neal v. State · 451 So. 2d 743
• May v. State · 460 So. 2d 778

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• Underwood v. State · 708 So. 2d 18
• Cox v. State · 183 So. 3d 36
• Timothy Robert Ronk v. State of Mississippi · 267 So. 3d 1239
• Washington v. State · 726 So. 2d 209
• Howell v. State · 860 So. 2d 704
• Goodin v. State · 787 So. 2d 639
• Batiste v. State · 121 So. 3d 808
• Weatherspoon v. State · 732 So. 2d 158
• Gillett v. State · 56 So. 3d 469
• Archer v. State · 118 So. 3d 612
• Chamberlin v. State · 989 So. 2d 320
• Stevens v. State · 806 So. 2d 1031
• Bishop v. State · 812 So. 2d 934
• Bennett v. State · 933 So. 2d 930
• Evans v. State · 725 So. 2d 613
• Holland v. State · 705 So. 2d 307
• Simmons v. State · 805 So. 2d 452
• Wells v. State · 698 So. 2d 497
• McGilberry v. State · 741 So. 2d 894
• Crawford v. State · 716 So. 2d 1028
• Goff v. State · 14 So. 3d 625
• Spicer v. State · 921 So. 2d 292
• De La Beckwith v. State · 707 So. 2d 547

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