Magwood v. State

Decided October 8, 1985. John Malcolm Patterson wrote the opinion for the court.

494 So. 2d 124 · Cited 179 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.

• Beck v. State · 396 So. 2d 645
• Boggan v. State · 455 So. 2d 228
• People v. Thibudeaux · 424 N.E.2d 1178
• Young v. State · 220 So. 2d 843
• Fletcher v. State · 277 So. 2d 882
• Shadle v. State · 194 So. 2d 538
• Bridges v. State · 225 So. 2d 821
• Commonwealth v. LaCorte · 369 N.E.2d 1006
• Bass v. State · 313 So. 2d 208
• Marschke v. State · 450 So. 2d 177
• Hopkins v. State · 429 So. 2d 1146
• Warrick v. State · 460 So. 2d 320
• Duncan v. State. · 436 So. 2d 883
• Lewis v. State · 329 So. 2d 599
• Franklin v. State · 424 So. 2d 1353
• Woods v. State · 310 So. 2d 891
• Sullivan v. State · 351 So. 2d 659
• McCoy v. State · 227 S.E.2d 18
• State v. . Helms · 12 S.E.2d 243
• Tolliver v. State · 282 So. 2d 92
• Turner v. State · 221 S.E.2d 590
• Elkins v. State · 35 So. 2d 693
• Nichols v. State · 462 So. 2d 992
• Zeigler v. State · 435 So. 2d 156
• Cumbo v. State · 368 So. 2d 871

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