Williams v. State

Decided May 9, 1996. James W. Smith Jr. wrote the opinion for the court.

684 So. 2d 1179 · Cited 275 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.

• Conner v. State · 632 So. 2d 1239
• Caldwell v. Mississippi · 472 U.S. 320
• Williams v. State · 544 So. 2d 782
• Cole v. State · 525 So. 2d 365
• Shell v. State · 554 So. 2d 887
• Chase v. State · 645 So. 2d 829
• Hansen v. State · 592 So. 2d 114
• Davis v. State · 660 So. 2d 1228
• Cabello v. State · 471 So. 2d 332
• State v. Biegenwald · 524 A.2d 130
• Pinkton v. State · 481 So. 2d 306
• State v. Biegenwald · 542 A.2d 442
• Griffin v. State · 557 So. 2d 542
• Woodward v. State · 533 So. 2d 418
• Pinkney v. State · 602 So. 2d 1177
• MacKbee v. State · 575 So. 2d 16
• Nixon v. State · 533 So. 2d 1078
• Pinkney v. State · 538 So. 2d 329
• Leatherwood v. State · 435 So. 2d 645
• White v. State · 532 So. 2d 1207
• Clemons v. State · 593 So. 2d 1004
• Shell v. State · 595 So. 2d 1323
• Jones v. State · 602 So. 2d 1170
• Gray v. State · 351 So. 2d 1342
• Irving v. State · 498 So. 2d 305

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