Legal Opinion

Dumas v. State

Supreme Court of Florida

Decided September 29, 1977No. 50124PublishedCited by 16 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

350 So.2d 464 (1977)

William Alexander DUMAS, Petitioner,

v.

STATE of Florida, Respondent.

No. 50124.

Supreme Court of Florida.

September 29, 1977.

Richard L. Jorandby, Public Defender, and Craig S. Barnard, Asst. Public Defender, West Palm Beach, for petitioner.

Robert L. Shevin, Atty. Gen., and Richard P. Zaretsky, Asst. Atty. Gen., West Palm Beach, for respondent.

ENGLAND, Justice.

This case is here on the basis of a direct conflict between the decision of the Fourth District Court of Appeal affirming petitioner's criminal convictions,[1] and the holding in Atkinson v. State, 317 So.2d 807 (Fla. 4th…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Washington v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
  2. Geders v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
  3. Holder v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1893
  4. Atkinson v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1975
  5. Simmons v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1977

3Cited by16 opinions

  1. Steinhorst v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1982
  2. Burr v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1985
  3. Patterson v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1982
  4. Wright v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1985
  5. Del Monte Banana Co. v. ChaconDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1985

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