State Supreme Court / Fla.

Ross v. State

Decided June 12, 1980. James E. Alderman wrote the opinion for the court.

386 So. 2d 1191 · Cited 65 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.

Provence v. State · 337 So. 2d 783
State v. Dixon · 283 So. 2d 1
State v. Bennett · 345 So. 2d 1129
Brown v. State · 245 So. 2d 68
Clark v. State · 363 So. 2d 331
Coco v. State · 62 So. 2d 892
Coxwell v. State · 361 So. 2d 148
Wilson v. State · 304 So. 2d 119
State v. Francois · 197 So. 2d 492

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