Legal Opinion

State v. Benitez

Supreme Court of Florida

Decided February 12, 1981No. 57834PublishedCited by 149 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

395 So.2d 514 (1981)

STATE of Florida, Appellant,

v.

Carlos M. BENITEZ and Esperanza Benitez, Appellees.

No. 57834.

Supreme Court of Florida.

February 12, 1981.

Rehearing Denied April 13, 1981.

Jim Smith, Atty. Gen., and Calvin L. Fox, Asst. Atty. Gen., Miami, and Janet Reno, State Atty., and Arthur Joel Berger, Asst. State Atty., Miami, for appellant.

Joseph Beeler, and Brian Richard McComb, Miami, for appellees.

Philip Carlton, Jr. of the Law Offices of Philip Carlton, Jr., Miami, for Daniel Cowgill, amicus curiae.

ENGLAND, Justice.

This case comes to us on direct appeal from a trial court order…

2Cases cited24 opinions

  1. Lockett v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
  2. Woodson v. North CarolinaSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
  3. Bordenkircher v. HayesSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
  4. Rummel v. EstelleSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
  5. Weems v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1910

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3Cited by149 opinions

  1. State v. CottonSupreme Court of Florida · 2000
  2. Woods v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1999
  3. Hall v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 2002
  4. United States v. Leo KleinCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1988
  5. State v. LeCompteSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1981

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