Legal Opinion

Griffin v. State

Supreme Court of Florida

Decided March 12, 1981No. 56240PublishedCited by 17 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

396 So.2d 152 (1981)

John Otis GRIFFIN, Appellant,

v.

STATE of Florida, Appellee.

No. 56240.

Supreme Court of Florida.

March 12, 1981.

Joel Hirschhorn, Miami, for appellant.

Jim Smith, Atty. Gen., and Joel D. Rosenblatt, Asst. Atty. Gen., Miami, for appellee.

ADKINS, Justice.

This is a direct appeal from a final judgment of the Circuit Court of the Eleventh Judicial Circuit in and for Dade County upholding the constitutionality of section 847.014, Florida Statutes (1977). We have jurisdiction. Art. V, § 3(b)(1), Fla. Const. (1972).

The appellant (defendant below), John Otis Griffin, was charged by…

Also in this document: Concurring in part, dissenting in part; Concurrence.

2Cases cited40 opinions

  1. Buckley v. ValeoSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
  2. Broadrick v. OklahomaSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
  3. United States v. O'BrienSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
  4. Roth v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
  5. Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School DistrictSupreme Court of the United States · 1969

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3Cited by17 opinions

  1. Jones v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1994
  2. Commonwealth v. OakesMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1988
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  4. Church of the Lukumi Babalu Aye, Inc. v. City of HialeahDistrict Court, S.D. Florida · 1989
  5. Heath v. Playboy Enterprises, Inc.District Court, S.D. Florida · 1990

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