Ronald Williams v. State of Florida

Decided March 3, 2016. Ricky Polston wrote the opinion for the court.

186 So. 3d 989 · Cited 128 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.

• Williams v. State · 125 So. 3d 879
• State v. Christian · 692 So. 2d 889
• State v. Thomas · 487 So. 2d 1043
• Palmer v. State · 438 So. 2d 1
• State v. Sousa · 903 So. 2d 923
• State of Florida v. Sullivan · 116 So. 255
• Bennett v. St. Vincent's Medical Center, Inc. · 71 So. 3d 828
• Heart of Adoptions, Inc. v. JA · 963 So. 2d 189
• Dunbar v. State · 89 So. 3d 901
• Raymond James Financial Services, Inc. v. Phillips · 126 So. 3d 186
• Florida Birth-Related Neurological Injury Compensation Ass'n v. Department of Administrative Hearings · 29 So. 3d 992
• Gomez v. Village of Pinecrest · 41 So. 3d 180
• Johnson v. State · 78 So. 3d 1305
• Borges v. State · 394 So. 2d 1046
• Scantling v. State · 711 So. 2d 524
• Perreault v. State · 853 So. 2d 604
• Sousa v. State · 868 So. 2d 538

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• Butner v. State · 217 So. 3d 1162
• Dominique Wright v. State of Florida · 199 So. 3d 1019
• Malik Jimer Williams v. State of Florida – Revised on Rehearing · 261 So. 3d 1248
• Charlemagne v. State · 223 So. 3d 1124
• Desilien v. State · 220 So. 3d 436
• Adam Lloyd Shepard v. State of Florida · 259 So. 3d 701
• Clark v. State · 208 So. 3d 853
• Martinez-Castaneda v. State · 225 So. 3d 847
• Sonny Eric Pierce v. State of Florida · 221 So. 3d 1218
• Ronald Williams v. State of Florida · 188 So. 3d 984
• Rodney Michel v. State of Florida · 192 So. 3d 618
• Martins v. State · 227 So. 3d 149
• Hagins v. State · 189 So. 3d 945
• Penn v. State · 208 So. 3d 96
• Watts v. State · 210 So. 3d 720

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