Miller v. State

Decided May 3, 1983. John C. Tyson III wrote the opinion for the court.

431 So. 2d 586 · Cited 59 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.

• Anderson v. State · 95 So. 171
• Shadle v. State · 194 So. 2d 538
• Lee v. State · 93 So. 2d 757
• Bachelor v. State · 113 So. 67
• Rueffert v. State · 237 So. 2d 520
• Eaton v. State · 177 So. 2d 444
• Dunn v. State · 166 So. 2d 878
• Allred v. State · 277 So. 2d 339
• Isbell v. State · 329 So. 2d 133
• Henry v. State · 355 So. 2d 411
• Hurst v. State · 397 So. 2d 203
• Brazell v. State · 369 So. 2d 25
• McMorris v. State · 394 So. 2d 392
• James v. State · 405 So. 2d 71
• Meredith v. State · 370 So. 2d 1075
• Raines v. State · 428 So. 2d 206
• Cheatham v. State · 431 So. 2d 1350
• Edwards v. State · 286 So. 2d 313
• Jackson v. State · 375 So. 2d 1271
• Dill v. State · 429 So. 2d 633
• Bender v. State · 420 So. 2d 843

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