State Supreme Court / Fla.

Pope v. Wainwright

Decided October 16, 1986. Raymond Ehrlich wrote the opinion for the court.

496 So. 2d 798 · Cited 230 times

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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.

Caldwell v. Mississippi · 472 U.S. 320
Johnson v. Wainwright · 463 So. 2d 207
Pope v. State · 441 So. 2d 1073
State v. Cumbie · 380 So. 2d 1031
Clark v. State · 363 So. 2d 331
Sanford v. Rubin · 237 So. 2d 134
Middleton v. State · 465 So. 2d 1218
Jones v. State · 385 So. 2d 132
Thompson v. State · 456 So. 2d 444
Ruffin v. Wainwright · 461 So. 2d 109
Downs v. Wainwright · 476 So. 2d 654
Pollard v. State · 444 So. 2d 561
Keane v. State · 357 So. 2d 457

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