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State v. Bobbitt

District Court of Appeal of Florida

Decided November 7, 1980No. II-467PublishedCited by 11 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

389 So.2d 1094 (1980)

STATE of Florida, Appellant,

v.

Elsie Virginia BOBBITT, Appellee.

No. II-467.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

November 7, 1980.

Jim Smith, Atty. Gen., and Wallace E. Allbritton, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellant.

Michael J. Minerva, Public Defender, and Thomas S. Keith, Asst. Public Defender, for appellee.

BOOTH, Judge.

This cause is before us on appeal from the order of the trial court granting defendant a new trial following conviction of manslaughter in the death of defendant's husband. The basis of the trial court's award of a new trial was the court's…

2Cases cited32 opinions

  1. Mayo v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1954
  2. Hedges v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1965
  3. State v. PonterySupreme Court of New Jersey · 1955
  4. People v. . TomlinsNew York Court of Appeals · 1914
  5. State v. JacobySupreme Court of Iowa · 1977

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3Cited by11 opinions

  1. Brown v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1984
  2. State v. BobbittSupreme Court of Florida · 1982
  3. Harper v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1982
  4. State v. GuillemetSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1981
  5. Thompson v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1989

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