Legal Opinion

Edwards v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida

Decided November 19, 1982No. 82-1591PublishedCited by 34 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

422 So.2d 84 (1982)

Lawrence E. EDWARDS, Petitioner,

v.

STATE of Florida, Respondent.

No. 82-1591.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

November 19, 1982.

Elliott C. Metcalfe, Jr., Public Defender, and Becky A. Titus, Asst. Public Defender, Sarasota, for petitioner.

Jim Smith, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and Frank Lester Adams, III, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tampa, for respondent.

GRIMES, Judge.

The state charged Edwards in county court with possession of less than one ounce of cannabis in violation of Venice City Ordinance 888-81. The county court declared the ordinance invalid and granted…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. City of Miami Beach v. Rocio Corp.District Court of Appeal of Florida · 1981
  2. Rinzler v. CarsonSupreme Court of Florida · 1972
  3. Hilliard v. City of GainesvilleSupreme Court of Florida · 1968
  4. Mid-Valley Pipeline Co. v. KingSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
  5. Pierce v. Division of RetirementDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1982

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3Cited by34 opinions

  1. Thomas v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1993
  2. Wyche v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1993
  3. City of Hollywood v. MulliganSupreme Court of Florida · 2006
  4. Phantom of Clearwater v. Pinellas CountyDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2005
  5. Scurlock v. City of Lynn HavenCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1988

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