Mease v. State

Decided February 1, 1989. Joseph Stephen Zuccaro Jr. wrote the opinion for the court.

539 So. 2d 1324 · Cited 318 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.

• Harper v. State · 478 So. 2d 1017
• Fairchild v. State · 459 So. 2d 793
• Lanier v. State · 450 So. 2d 69
• Thomas v. State · 278 So. 2d 469
• McDaniel v. State · 356 So. 2d 1151
• Coleman v. State · 67 So. 2d 304
• Jones v. State · 155 So. 430
• Irving v. State · 361 So. 2d 1360
• Williamson v. State · 512 So. 2d 868
• Hill v. State · 432 So. 2d 427
• White v. State · 532 So. 2d 1207
• Newell v. State · 308 So. 2d 71
• Monroe v. State · 515 So. 2d 860
• Taylor v. State · 452 So. 2d 441
• In Re Jordan · 390 So. 2d 584
• Byrd v. McGill · 478 So. 2d 302

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