Shell v. State

Decided November 29, 1989. Lenore L. Prather wrote the opinion for the court.

554 So. 2d 887 · Cited 276 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.

• Cole v. State · 525 So. 2d 365
• Pinkney v. State · 538 So. 2d 329
• Johnson v. State · 477 So. 2d 196
• Hitchcock v. Dugger · 481 U.S. 393
• Cabello v. State · 471 So. 2d 332
• Williams v. State · 544 So. 2d 782
• Leatherwood v. State · 435 So. 2d 645
• Cannaday v. State · 455 So. 2d 713
• Jordan v. State · 365 So. 2d 1198
• Billiot v. State · 454 So. 2d 445
• Bullock v. State · 391 So. 2d 601
• Nixon v. State · 533 So. 2d 1078
• Hill v. State · 432 So. 2d 427
• Mhoon v. State · 464 So. 2d 77
• Woodward v. State · 533 So. 2d 418
• Booker v. State · 449 So. 2d 209
• Dycus v. State · 440 So. 2d 246
• Nelms & Blum Co. v. Fink · 131 So. 817
• Greenfield v. Commonwealth · 214 Va. 710
• Simpson v. State · 497 So. 2d 424
• State v. Brierly · 509 P.2d 203
• Adams v. State · 566 S.W.2d 387
• Commonwealth v. Gliniewicz · 500 N.E.2d 1324
• State v. Smith · 203 N.W.2d 348
• Eberhart v. State · 361 S.E.2d 821

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• Woodward v. State · 726 So. 2d 524
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• Taylor v. State · 672 So. 2d 1246

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