Legal Opinion

Williams v. State

Supreme Court of Florida

Decided July 3, 1985No. 66075PublishedCited by 47 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

472 So.2d 738 (1985)

Sylvester WILLIAMS, Petitioner,

v.

STATE of Florida, Respondent.

No. 66075.

Supreme Court of Florida.

July 3, 1985.

Sylvester Williams, in pro. per.

Michael E. Allen, Public Defender, Tallahassee, for petitioner.

Jim Smith, Atty. Gen. and John W. Tiedemann, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, for respondent.

EHRLICH, Justice.

This cause is before the Court for response to a question certified as being of great public importance pursuant to jurisdiction granted in article V, section 3(b)(4), Florida Constitution. The case below is reported at 455 So.2d 543 (Fla. 1st DCA 1984).

Petitioner…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Graham v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1979
  2. Hooks v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1971
  3. Williams v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1984

3Cited by47 opinions

  1. Jackson v. Florida Dept. of CorrectionsSupreme Court of Florida · 2001
  2. Gutierrez v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2003
  3. Rogers v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1997
  4. Schneelock v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1995
  5. Florence v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2000

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