Legal Opinion

State v. Coban

Supreme Court of Florida

Decided February 11, 1988No. 70278PublishedCited by 24 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

520 So.2d 40 (1988)

STATE of Florida, Petitioner,

v.

James A. COBAN, Respondent.

No. 70278.

Supreme Court of Florida.

February 11, 1988.

Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., and Charles Corces, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., Tampa, for petitioner.

Thomas M. Jaworski of the Florida Institutional Legal Services, Inc., Gainseville, for respondent.

SHAW, Justice.

We review Coban v. State, 502 So.2d 1262 (Fla. 2d DCA 1986), to answer certified questions of great public importance.[*] Art. V, § 3(b)(4), Fla. Const.

Respondent Coban was indicted for first-degree murder in August 1983. Following plea negotiations by his…

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2Cases cited10 opinions

  1. Hill v. LockhartSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
  2. North Carolina v. AlfordSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
  3. Williams v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1975
  4. Epifanio Trujillo v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1967
  5. John Mack Smith v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1963

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3Cited by24 opinions

  1. Woods v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1999
  2. McKendry v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1994
  3. Reese v. Secretary, Florida Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2012
  4. McKnight v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1999
  5. Yoswick v. StateCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1997

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