Legal Opinion

Perkins v. State

Supreme Court of Florida

Decided March 14, 1991No. 75990PublishedCited by 138 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

576 So.2d 1310 (1991)

Marcus PERKINS, et al., Petitioners,

v.

STATE of Florida, Respondent.

No. 75990.

Supreme Court of Florida.

March 14, 1991.

Bennett H. Brummer, Public Defender, and Marti Rothenberg and Harvey J. Sepler, Asst. Public Defenders, Eleventh Judicial Circuit, Miami, for petitioners.

Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., Janet Reno, State Atty., and Richard L. Shiffrin, Asst. State Atty., Miami, for respondent.

2Per curiam

We have for review State v. Perkins, 558 So.2d 537 (Fla. 3d DCA 1990), which certified a question of great public importance[1]:

Is the defense of self defense available for a…

Also in this document: Concurrence.

3Cases cited20 opinions

  1. United States v. L. Cohen Grocery Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1921
  2. Palmer v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1983
  3. Borges v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1982
  4. State v. ValentinSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1987
  5. Franklin v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1971

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4Cited by138 opinions

  1. State v. HearnsSupreme Court of Florida · 2007
  2. Department of Law Enf. v. Real PropertySupreme Court of Florida · 1991
  3. Martinez v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 2008
  4. Kasischke v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 2008
  5. Lamont v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1992

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