Thomas v. State

Decided April 30, 1998. William L. Waller Jr. wrote the opinion for the court.

711 So. 2d 867 · Cited 57 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.

• Stromas v. State · 618 So. 2d 116
• United States v. Dixon · 509 U.S. 688
• Parker v. State · 606 So. 2d 1132
• Shearer v. State · 423 So. 2d 824
• Wilcher v. State · 635 So. 2d 789
• White v. State · 702 So. 2d 107
• Page v. State · 295 So. 2d 279
• Cook v. State · 671 So. 2d 1327

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