Williams v. State

Decided June 23, 1975. Ben F. Overton wrote the opinion for the court.

316 So. 2d 267 · Cited 239 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.

• Brady v. United States · 397 U.S. 742
• People v. Barrows · 99 N.W.2d 347
• Brown v. State · 245 So. 2d 41
• Costello v. State · 260 So. 2d 198
• People v. Bumpus · 94 N.W.2d 854
• People v. Coates · 59 N.W.2d 83
• Lyles v. State · 299 So. 2d 146
• Commonwealth Ex Rel. West v. Rundle · 428 Pa. 102
• Hall v. State · 303 So. 2d 417
• Coyle v. Port Authority Transit Corp. · 438 Pa. 99
• Williams v. State · 316 So. 2d 303

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• Scott v. State · 629 So. 2d 888
• State v. Sion · 942 So. 2d 934
• Adams v. State · 443 So. 2d 436
• LeDuc v. State · 415 So. 2d 721
• Lavigne v. State · 349 So. 2d 178
• Brown v. State · 585 So. 2d 350
• Hoover v. State · 511 So. 2d 629
• Lines v. State · 594 So. 2d 322
• Robinson v. State · 373 So. 2d 898
• Ashley v. State · 614 So. 2d 486
• People v. Watts · 67 Cal. App. 3d 173
• Holmes v. State · 374 So. 2d 944
• State v. Kendrick · 336 So. 2d 353
• Mancini v. State · 448 So. 2d 573
• Williams v. State · 534 So. 2d 929
• Shannon v. State · 406 So. 2d 87
• Woodall v. State · 39 So. 3d 419
• Wright v. State · 376 So. 2d 236
• Ford v. State · 433 So. 2d 1335
• State v. Ballard · 66 Ohio St. 2d 473
• People v. Holmes · 84 P.3d 366

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