Nixon v. State

Decided November 25, 1987. Lenore L. Prather wrote the opinion for the court.

533 So. 2d 1078 · Cited 322 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.

• Mhoon v. State · 464 So. 2d 77
• Cabello v. State · 471 So. 2d 332
• Buckley v. State · 223 So. 2d 524
• Johnson v. State · 477 So. 2d 196
• Cole v. State · 525 So. 2d 365
• Wiley v. State · 484 So. 2d 339
• Glasser v. United States · 315 U.S. 60
• United States v. Cronic · 466 U.S. 648
• Berger v. United States · 295 U.S. 78
• Cannaday v. State · 455 So. 2d 713
• Billiot v. State · 454 So. 2d 445
• Leatherwood v. State · 435 So. 2d 645
• Hill v. State · 432 So. 2d 427
• Tokman v. State · 435 So. 2d 664
• Irving v. State · 498 So. 2d 305
• Rodrigues v. State · 308 S.W.2d 39
• Neal v. State · 451 So. 2d 743
• Stringer v. State · 454 So. 2d 468
• Jones v. State · 381 So. 2d 983
• Bullock v. State · 391 So. 2d 601
• Irving v. State · 361 So. 2d 1360
• Jones v. State · 461 So. 2d 686
• Williamson v. State · 512 So. 2d 868
• Faraga v. State · 514 So. 2d 295
• Smith v. State · 419 So. 2d 563

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