Woodward v. State

Decided October 5, 1988. Lenore L. Prather wrote the opinion for the court.

533 So. 2d 418 · Cited 280 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.

• Blockburger v. United States · 284 U.S. 299
• Johnson v. Zerbst · 304 U.S. 458
• Faraga v. State · 514 So. 2d 295
• Thomas v. State · 474 So. 2d 604
• Neal v. State · 451 So. 2d 743
• Billiot v. State · 454 So. 2d 445
• McFee v. State · 511 So. 2d 130
• Williamson v. State · 512 So. 2d 868
• Wiley v. State · 484 So. 2d 339
• Smith v. State · 499 So. 2d 750
• Dycus v. State · 440 So. 2d 246
• Dixon v. State · 465 So. 2d 1092
• Stringer v. State · 454 So. 2d 468
• Jones v. State · 381 So. 2d 983
• Bullock v. State · 391 So. 2d 601
• Johnson v. State · 477 So. 2d 196
• Cole v. State · 525 So. 2d 365
• Cabello v. State · 471 So. 2d 332
• Irving v. State · 361 So. 2d 1360
• Jones v. State · 461 So. 2d 686
• Nixon v. State · 533 So. 2d 1078
• Leatherwood v. State · 435 So. 2d 645
• Hill v. State · 432 So. 2d 427
• Cannaday v. State · 455 So. 2d 713
• Mhoon v. State · 464 So. 2d 77

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