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McDonald v. State

Decided November 7, 1975. James C. Downey wrote the opinion for the court.

321 So. 2d 453 · Cited 60 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.

Counselman v. Hitchcock · 142 U.S. 547
Harris v. United States · 382 U.S. 162
Heike v. United States · 217 U.S. 423
United States v. Ford · 99 U.S. 594
Aaron v. State · 284 So. 2d 673
Saunders v. State · 319 So. 2d 118
Speller v. State · 305 So. 2d 231
Ballengee v. State · 144 So. 2d 68
State Ex Rel. Hough v. Popper · 287 So. 2d 282
Manning v. State · 234 So. 2d 16
Rodgers v. State · 510 P.2d 992
Thiede v. State · 189 So. 2d 490

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Fowler v. State · 447 So. 2d 296
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