Legal Opinion
Watts v. State
Supreme Court of Florida
Decided January 24, 1985No. 64613PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
463 So.2d 205 (1985)
Nelson WATTS, Petitioner,
v.
STATE of Florida, Respondent.
No. 64613.
Supreme Court of Florida.
January 24, 1985.
Jerry Hill, Public Defender and L.S. Alperstein, Asst. Public Defender, Tenth Judicial Circuit, Tampa, for petitioner.
Jim Smith, Atty. Gen. and Katherine V. Blanco, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tampa, for respondent.
McDONALD, Justice.
This case is before us to review the district court decision in Watts v. State, 447 So.2d 271 (Fla. 2d DCA 1983), which expressly declared valid Florida's loitering and prowling statute, section 856.021, Florida Statutes (1981).[1] We have…
Also in this document: Dissent.
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Kolender v. LawsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
- Papachristou v. City of JacksonvilleSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- State v. EckerSupreme Court of Florida · 1975
- Bevan v. Trustees of Penn Central Transportation Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Palmer v. City of EuclidSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
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3Cited by14 opinions
- D.A. v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1985
- Rinehart v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2000
- Wyche v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1991
- Dunn v. City of Boynton BeachDistrict Court, S.D. Florida · 2016
- State v. E.L.District Court of Appeal of Florida · 1992
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