Legal Opinion

State v. Whitfield

Supreme Court of Florida

Decided April 24, 1986No. 67320PublishedCited by 115 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

487 So.2d 1045 (1986)

STATE of Florida, Petitioner,

v.

Willie Pearl WHITFIELD, Respondent.

No. 67320.

Supreme Court of Florida.

April 24, 1986.

Jim Smith, Atty. Gen., and John W. Tiedemann, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, for petitioner.

Michael E. Allen, Public Defender, Paula S. Saunders, and Kathleen Stover, Asst. Public Defenders, Second Judicial Circuit, Tallahassee, for respondent.

SHAW, Justice.

This case is before us based on a certified question of great public importance. Whitfield v. State, 471 So.2d 633 (Fla. 1st DCA 1985). We have jurisdiction. Art. V, § 3(b)(4), Fla. Const.

Respondent was…

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2Cases cited10 opinions

  1. State v. JacksonSupreme Court of Florida · 1985
  2. State v. RhodenSupreme Court of Florida · 1984
  3. Walker v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1985
  4. Mitchell v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1984
  5. Myrick v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1984

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3Cited by115 opinions

  1. Davis v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1995
  2. Carter v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 2001
  3. State v. AndersonSupreme Court of Florida · 2005
  4. Larson v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1991
  5. Raley v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1996

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