Legal Opinion

Perkins v. Williams

District Court of Appeal of Florida

Decided January 12, 1983No. 82-1576PublishedCited by 5 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

424 So.2d 990 (1983)

Wallace R. PERKINS, II, Petitioner,

v.

The Honorable Volie A. WILLIAMS, etc., et al., Respondents.

No. 82-1576.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.

January 12, 1983.

Leon D. Watts, Titusville, for petitioner.

Jim Smith, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and Shawn L. Briese, Asst. Atty. Gen., Daytona Beach, for respondents.

COBB, Judge.

The petitioner, Perkins, seeks a writ of prohibition to prevent his re-trial on a charge of robbery, his first trial on that charge resulting in a mistrial when the jury could not reach a verdict. At that time, the petitioner was acquitted by…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Brown v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
  2. Brown v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1968
  3. State v. HegstromSupreme Court of Florida · 1981
  4. Mahaun v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1979
  5. Sanford v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1918

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3Cited by5 opinions

  1. Rodriquez v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1983
  2. Moody v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2006
  3. Sirmons v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1992
  4. Happ v. LockettDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1989
  5. Wainwright v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1988

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