State Supreme Court / Fla.

State v. Whitfield

Decided April 24, 1986. Leander J. Shaw Jr. wrote the opinion for the court.

487 So. 2d 1045 · Cited 116 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. Rhoden · 448 So. 2d 1013
State v. Snow · 462 So. 2d 455
Whitfield v. State · 471 So. 2d 633
State v. Jackson · 478 So. 2d 1054
Walker v. State · 462 So. 2d 452
Mitchell v. State · 458 So. 2d 10
Ramsey v. State · 462 So. 2d 875

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