Wiggins v. State

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

• courts, in construing ineptly phrased statute, are called upon to reconcile apparent inconsistencies within same statute and give meaning to language employed as a whole

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Cited by

17 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Harris v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1994-07-29· cited 35×
• Mancini v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1973-02-14· cited 32×
• In Re Florida Rules of Criminal Procedure
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1967-03-01· cited 32×
• In Re Amend. to Fla. Rules of Cr. Proc.
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1992-09-24· cited 17×
• In Interest of TMM
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1990-04-11· cited 17×
• Arvida Corporation v. City of Sarasota
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1968-08-30· cited 13×
• Bullard v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1963-03-19· cited 9×
• Peterson v. State Department of Environmental Regulation
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1977-10-05· cited 9×
• McKinnon v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1998-07-20· cited 6×
• Hogwood v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1965-06-08· cited 4×
• Owens v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1969-09-30· cited 3×
• Peterson v. ST., DEPT. OF ENVTL. REG.
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1977-10-05· cited 1×
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  Florida Attorney General Reports· 1983-03-07
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  Florida Attorney General Reports· 1985-03-27
• Wiggins v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1958-07-24
• City of Miami v. Forbes
  Miami-Dade County Circuit Court· 1960-11-29
• Reed v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1987-03-19