Legal Opinion
Franklin v. State
Supreme Court of Florida
Decided December 17, 1971No. 40758, 40757PublishedCited by 79 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
257 So.2d 21 (1971)
Alva Gene FRANKLIN, Appellant,
v.
STATE of Florida, Appellee. Stephen F. Joyce, Appellant,
v.
State of Florida, Appellee.
Nos. 40758, 40757.
Supreme Court of Florida.
December 17, 1971.
Walter R. Talley, Public Defender, for appellants.
Robert L. Shevin, Atty. Gen., and P.A. Pacyna, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.
2Per curiam
We here consider these consolidated appeals transferred by the District Court of Appeal, Second District,[1] 243 So.2d 440, because the trial judge passed upon and upheld the constitutionality of Fla. Stat. § 800.01, F.S.A., reading as follows:
"Whoever commits the…
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3Cases cited16 opinions
- Watkins v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
- Raley v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1959
- Cline v. Frink Dairy Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1927
- Brock v. HardieSupreme Court of Florida · 1934
- State Ex Rel. Lee v. BuchananSupreme Court of Florida · 1966
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4Cited by79 opinions
- Wainwright v. StoneSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- Perkins v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1991
- Aubrey Dennis Adams v. Louie L. Wainwright, and Jim SmithCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1985
- Commonwealth v. BalthazarMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1974
- Ponton v. ScarfoneDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1985
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