565 So. 2d 875 - Cain v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1990
Citation profile
2
cited by 2 later decisions
1
states following
April 2013
most recently cited
2 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 452 So. 2d 520 - Blanco v. State · Smith v. State · 177 So. 2d 75 - Milligan v. State · Hill v. State · 445 So. 2d 692 - Dickey v. McNeal
Most-quoted passages
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“The lawyer’s function is to present alternative courses of action, not make decisions in contravention to his client’s wishes. Milligan v. State, 177 So.2d 75 (Fla. 2d DCA 1965). In cases where the attorney and the defendant disagree as to trial strategy, the defendant must make the ultimate decision. Blanco v. State, 452 So.2d 520 (Fla.1984).”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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