State Supreme Court / Fla.

Lightbourne v. State

Decided September 15, 1983. James C. Adkins Jr. wrote the opinion for the court.

438 So. 2d 380 · Cited 139 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.

State v. Dixon · 283 So. 2d 1
State v. Rawlings · 391 So. 2d 269
Sireci v. State · 399 So. 2d 964
Ferguson v. State · 417 So. 2d 639
Alvord v. State · 322 So. 2d 533
Alford v. State · 307 So. 2d 433
Booker v. State · 397 So. 2d 910
Swan v. State · 322 So. 2d 485
Mullins v. State · 366 So. 2d 1162
Foster v. State · 369 So. 2d 928
State v. Craig · 237 So. 2d 737
State v. Dilworth · 397 So. 2d 292
Sowell v. State · 342 So. 2d 969
State v. Black · 385 So. 2d 1372
Songer v. State · 419 So. 2d 1044
Sparks v. State · 273 So. 2d 74
State v. Bandi · 338 So. 2d 75
Martin v. State · 377 So. 2d 706
Jackson v. State · 403 So. 2d 1116

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