State Court of Appeals / Fla. Dist. Ct. App.

State v. Upton

Decided January 28, 1981. Melvin Orfinger wrote the opinion for the court.

392 So. 2d 1013 · Cited 60 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.

State v. Huggins · 368 So. 2d 119
Ellis v. State · 346 So. 2d 1044
State v. Fort · 380 So. 2d 534
Turner v. State · 388 So. 2d 254
State v. Kling · 335 So. 2d 614
Ritter v. State · 390 So. 2d 168

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