WILLIE JOE MORRIS, APPELLANT,
v.
THE STATE OF FLORIDA, APPELLEE
WILLIE JOE MORRIS, APPELLANT,
THE STATE OF FLORIDA, APPELLEE
390 So. 2d 139
Florida District Court of Appeal, Third District (1980)
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Opinion of the Court
PER CURIAM.
Affirmed. McCloud v. State, 335 So. 2d 257 (Fla.1976); Mims v. State, 342 So. 2d 116 (Fla.3d DCA 1977); State v. Douglas, 337 So. 2d 407 (Fla. 1st DCA 1976), cert. denied, 348 So. 2d 946 (Fla.1977); Adams v. State, 295 So. 2d 114 (Fla.2d DCA 1974), cert. denied sub nom. Yarborough v. State, 305 So. 2d 200 (Fla.1974).
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- McCLOUD v. State, 335 So. 2d 257 (Fla. 1976)
- Adams v. State, 295 So. 2d 114 (Fla. 2d DCA 1974)
- Nera Mims v. State, 342 So. 2d 116 (Fla. 3d DCA 1977)
- State v. Douglas, 337 So. 2d 407 (Fla. 1st DCA 1976)
- Dotson v. State, 305 So. 2d 200 (Fla. 1974)