Legal Opinion

Thomason v. State

Supreme Court of Florida

Decided June 24, 1993No. 79705PublishedCited by 45 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

620 So.2d 1234 (1993)

Roy Dwayne THOMASON, Petitioner,

v.

STATE of Florida, Respondent.

No. 79705.

Supreme Court of Florida.

June 24, 1993.

Anthony C. Musto, Miami, for petitioner.

Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., Joan Fowler and James J. Carney, West Palm Beach, and Michael J. Neimand, Miami, Asst. Attys. Gen., for respondent.

BARKETT, Chief Justice.

We have for review Thomason v. State, 594 So.2d 310 (Fla. 4th DCA 1992), in which the district court certified the following question as one of great public importance:

Under what circumstances may a trial judge sua sponte declare a mistrial, free of…

2Cases cited23 opinions

  1. Green v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
  2. United States v. JornSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
  3. Arizona v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
  4. Oregon v. KennedySupreme Court of the United States · 1982
  5. United States v. PerezSupreme Court of the United States · 1824

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3Cited by45 opinions

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  2. Blair v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1997
  3. Lebron v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 2001
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  5. Resha v. TuckerSupreme Court of Florida · 1996

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