State v. Law

Decided July 27, 1989. Raymond Ehrlich wrote the opinion for the court.

559 So. 2d 187 · Cited 545 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.

• Lynch v. State · 293 So. 2d 44
• Law v. State · 502 So. 2d 471
• McArthur v. State · 351 So. 2d 972
• State v. Allen · 335 So. 2d 823
• Spinkellink v. State · 313 So. 2d 666
• Rose v. State · 425 So. 2d 521
• Mayo v. State · 71 So. 2d 899
• Jaramillo v. State · 417 So. 2d 257
• Toole v. State · 472 So. 2d 1174
• Davis v. State · 436 So. 2d 196

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