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Phelps v. State

Citations

  • 435 So. 2d 158

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • lawyer’s advice over telephone to defendant to confess to crime before being charged not ineffective assistance as matter of law
  • counsel's advice that defendant make a statement to police not ineffective assistance of counsel
  • \Any speculation that the jury might have found the defendant guilty of criminally negligent homicide is dissipated by the fact that they found him guilty of intentional murder\
  • \Any speculation that the jury might have found the defendant guilty of criminally negligent homicide is dissipated by the fact that they found him guilty of intentional murder.\

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Judges: Bowen

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