Legal Opinion

State v. Sykes

Supreme Court of Florida

Decided July 7, 1983No. 60795, 60796PublishedCited by 46 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

434 So.2d 325 (1983)

STATE of Florida, Petitioner,

v.

George Washington SYKES, Respondent.

Nos. 60795, 60796.

Supreme Court of Florida.

July 7, 1983.

Jim Smith, Atty. Gen. and Raymond L. Marky, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, for petitioner.

Melanie Ann Hines, Asst. Public Defender, Second Judicial Circuit, Tallahassee, for respondent.

BOYD, Justice.

This cause is before the Court on petition for review of a decision of the district court of appeal, Sykes v. State, 397 So.2d 991 (Fla. 1st DCA 1981). The decision below passed upon a question which the district court certified to be of great public…

Also in this document: Dissent; Concurrence.

2Cases cited18 opinions

  1. State v. AllenSupreme Court of Florida · 1978
  2. Achin v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1982
  3. Bradley v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1920
  4. Silvestri v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1976
  5. Milazzo v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1979

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3Cited by46 opinions

  1. Torrence v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1983
  2. Rose v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1987
  3. Interest of D.N. v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1988
  4. Brown v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1995
  5. Fredericks v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1996

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