Legal Opinion

Perkins v. State

Supreme Court of Florida

Decided October 31, 1996No. 86248PublishedCited by 25 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

682 So.2d 1083 (1996)

Houston D. PERKINS, Petitioner,

v.

STATE of Florida, Respondent.

No. 86248.

Supreme Court of Florida.

October 31, 1996.

Houston D. Perkins, pro se, Lowell; and Kathryn L. Sands of Kathryn L. Sands, P.A., Jacksonville, for Petitioner.

Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General; James W. Rogers, Bureau Chief—Criminal Appeals and Sonya Roebuck Horbelt, Assistant Attorney General, Tallahassee, for Respondent.

2Per curiam

We have for review Perkins v. State, 630 So.2d 1180 (Fla. 1st DCA 1994). We accepted jurisdiction to answer the following question certified to be of great public importance:[1]

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3Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Holly v. AuldSupreme Court of Florida · 1984
  2. A. R. Douglass, Inc. v. McRainey, as Admrx.Supreme Court of Florida · 1931
  3. State v. HamiltonSupreme Court of Florida · 1995
  4. Smith v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1920
  5. Chapman v. Forrest LakeSupreme Court of Florida · 1932

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4Cited by25 opinions

  1. State v. HugginsSupreme Court of Florida · 2001
  2. Tillman v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 2006
  3. Marrero v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 2011
  4. Fla. Dept. of Bus. Reg. v. Invest. Corp.Supreme Court of Florida · 1999
  5. State v. HubbardSupreme Court of Florida · 1999

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