Armstrong v. State

Decided October 7, 1968. Henry Lee Rodgers wrote the opinion for the court.

214 So. 2d 589 · Cited 76 times

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Precedents cited

Decisions in our collection this opinion relies on, ordered by how often it cites each. Cases we publish link through; others open the full text.

• Stevens v. Locke · 125 So. 529
• Wiggins v. State · 80 So. 2d 17
• Clewis v. Texas · 386 U.S. 707
• Miller v. Pate · 386 U.S. 1
• BELLEW v. State · 106 So. 2d 146
• Eaton v. State · 140 So. 729
• Fisher v. State · 110 So. 361
• Lee v. State · 112 So. 2d 254
• Keeton v. State · 167 So. 68
• Riley v. State · 44 So. 2d 455
• Ray v. State · 57 So. 2d 469
• Whip v. State · 109 So. 697
• Ladner v. State · 95 So. 2d 468
• Mattox v. State · 137 So. 2d 920
• Jenkins v. State Ex Rel. Sweat · 136 So. 2d 580
• Barnes v. State · 23 So. 2d 405
• Boyd v. State · 204 So. 2d 165
• Ladner v. State · 197 So. 2d 257
• Whitley v. State · 78 Miss. 255
• Bragg v. State · 210 So. 2d 652

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• Bright v. State · 293 So. 2d 818
• Harness v. State · 58 So. 3d 1
• Kendall v. State · 249 So. 2d 657
• Billiot v. State · 454 So. 2d 445
• Evans v. State · 725 So. 2d 613
• MacK v. State · 650 So. 2d 1289
• Irving v. State · 361 So. 2d 1360
• Hill v. State · 432 So. 2d 427
• Duplantis v. State · 644 So. 2d 1235
• Edwards v. State · 413 So. 2d 1007
• Booker v. State · 449 So. 2d 209
• Tokman v. State · 435 So. 2d 664
• Simon v. State · 688 So. 2d 791
• Warren v. State · 288 So. 2d 826
• Rhone v. State · 254 So. 2d 750
• Jackson v. State · 243 So. 2d 396
• Peterson v. State · 242 So. 2d 420
• Myers v. State · 268 So. 2d 353
• Irving v. Hargett · 518 F. Supp. 1127
• Capler v. State · 237 So. 2d 445
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