Shearer v. State

Decided December 15, 1982. Robert Perkins Sugg wrote the opinion for the court.

423 So. 2d 824 · Cited 117 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.

• Spikes v. State · 302 So. 2d 250
• Stokes v. State · 128 So. 2d 341
• Hankins v. State · 288 So. 2d 866
• Bullock v. State · 391 So. 2d 601
• Edwards v. State · 413 So. 2d 1007
• Glass v. State · 278 So. 2d 384
• Murphree v. State · 228 So. 2d 599
• Page v. State · 295 So. 2d 279
• Stevenson v. State · 325 So. 2d 113

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