Legal Opinion

Tucker v. State

Supreme Court of Florida

Decided October 25, 1984No. 62683PublishedCited by 58 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

459 So.2d 306 (1984)

Melvee TUCKER, Petitioner,

v.

The STATE of Florida, Respondent.

No. 62683.

Supreme Court of Florida.

October 25, 1984.

Rehearing Denied December 19, 1984.

Bennett H. Brummer, Public Defender and Howard K. Blumberg, Asst. Public Defender, Eleventh Judicial Circuit, Miami, for petitioner.

Jim Smith, Atty. Gen. and Michael J. Neimand, Asst. Atty. Gen., Miami, for respondent.

EHRLICH, Justice.

This cause, reported at 417 So.2d 1006 (Fla. 3d DCA 1982), is before the Court on a question certified as being of great public importance. We have jurisdiction pursuant to article V, section…

Also in this document: Concurring in part, dissenting in part; Dissent.

2Cases cited32 opinions

  1. Blockburger v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1931
  2. Griffin v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1956
  3. Beck v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
  4. Keeble v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
  5. Brown v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1968

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3Cited by58 opinions

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  3. United States v. John H. Detar, M.D.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1987
  4. State v. ShortSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1993
  5. State v. TimoteoHawaii Supreme Court · 1997

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