Philpot v. State

Decided June 14, 2002. J. Gorman Houston Jr. wrote the opinion for the court.

843 So. 2d 122 · Cited 145 times

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• Deramus v. Deramus · 85 So. 397
• Bearden v. Ellison · 560 So. 2d 1042
• African Methodist Episcopal v. St. Paul Methodist · 362 So. 2d 868

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