Luke v. State

Decided November 12, 1985. John Malcolm Patterson wrote the opinion for the court.

484 So. 2d 531 · Cited 83 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.

• United States v. Cronic · 466 U.S. 648
• Ex parte Summers · 366 So. 2d 346
• Oliver v. State · 435 So. 2d 207
• Luke v. State · 444 So. 2d 393
• Ex Parte Luke · 444 So. 2d 400
• Falkner v. State · 462 So. 2d 1040
• Chappell v. State · 457 So. 2d 995
• Warren v. State · 461 So. 2d 33

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