State Supreme Court / Fla.

State v. Cotton

Decided June 15, 2000. R. Fred Lewis wrote the opinion for the court.

769 So. 2d 345 · Cited 311 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.

People v. Superior Court (Romero) · 13 Cal. 4th 497
Woods v. State · 740 So. 2d 20
State v. Lagares · 601 A.2d 698
State v. Cotton · 728 So. 2d 251
State v. Benitez · 395 So. 2d 514
Grayned v. City of Rockford · 408 U.S. 104
People v. Eason · 40 N.Y.2d 297
State v. Turner · 636 So. 2d 815
State v. Sainz · 526 A.2d 1015
State v. Dalglish · 432 A.2d 74
State v. Warren · 558 A.2d 1312
Speed v. State · 732 So. 2d 17
Cleveland v. State · 417 So. 2d 653
State v. T.B.D. · 656 So. 2d 479
Dade Cty. Sch. Bd. v. Radio Station WQBA · 731 So. 2d 638
State v. Manussier · 921 P.2d 473
State v. Manussier · 129 Wash. 2d 652
Burdick v. State · 594 So. 2d 267
Lowry v. Parole and Probation Com'n · 473 So. 2d 1248
State v. Bloom · 497 So. 2d 2
King v. State · 597 So. 2d 309
Finley v. Scott · 707 So. 2d 1112
State v. Wise · 744 So. 2d 1035
State v. Dugan · 685 So. 2d 1210
Gibson v. State · 721 So. 2d 363

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