Batiste v. State

Decided May 16, 2013. James W. Kitchens wrote the opinion for the court.

121 So. 3d 808 · Cited 151 times

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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.

• Fulgham v. State · 46 So. 3d 315
• Gillett v. State · 56 So. 3d 469
• Pickle v. State · 345 So. 2d 623
• Pitchford v. State · 45 So. 3d 216
• West v. State · 553 So. 2d 8
• Goff v. State · 14 So. 3d 625
• Voyles v. State · 362 So. 2d 1236
• Napue v. Illinois · 360 U.S. 264
• Spicer v. State · 921 So. 2d 292
• Wales v. State · 73 So. 3d 1113
• Wheat v. State · 420 So. 2d 229
• State v. Allen · 875 A.2d 724
• Simmons v. State · 805 So. 2d 452
• McGilberry v. State · 741 So. 2d 894
• Cobern v. State · 142 So. 2d 869
• Knox v. State · 805 So. 2d 527
• Lipscomb v. State · 165 A.2d 918
• State v. Montgomery · 215 N.W.2d 881
• MacAvoy v. State · 144 Neb. 827
• Blockburger v. United States · 284 U.S. 299
• People v. Ainsworth · 755 P.2d 1017
• Weatherspoon v. State · 732 So. 2d 158
• Moffett v. State · 49 So. 3d 1073
• Francis v. State · 463 S.E.2d 859
• People v. Miller · 32 N.Y.2d 157

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• Curtis Giovanni Flowers v. State of Mississippi · 158 So. 3d 1009
• Curtis Giovanni Flowers v. State of Mississippi · 240 So. 3d 1082
• Robert Carson v. State of Mississippi · 212 So. 3d 22
• Nathaniel Hampton v. State of Mississippi · 188 So. 3d 625
• Cox v. State · 183 So. 3d 36
• Timothy Nelson Evans v. State of Mississippi · 226 So. 3d 1
• Nakero Lashawn Hamer Jr. a/k/a Nakero Hamer v. State of Mississippi
• Dwayna Porche Hickerson a/k/a Dwayna Hickerson a/k/a Dwanya Hickerson v. State of Mississippi
• Abeyta v. State · 137 So. 3d 305
• Marlon Boyd v. State of Mississippi
• Clark Allen a/k/a Clark Allen, Jr. a/k/a Clark Earl Allen, Jr. v. State of Mississippi
• Pretzea Love a/k/a Perez Love a/k/a Perezea Love v. State of Mississippi
• Alvin Brown v. State of Mississippi · 222 So. 3d 302
• Ladell Maggett, Jr. v. State of Mississippi · 230 So. 3d 722
• Armon Randall v. State of Mississippi · 148 So. 3d 686
• Rickey Gavin v. State of Mississippi · 170 So. 3d 1242
• Harold Walker, Jr. a/k/a Harold Walker v. State of Mississippi
• Grace Ann McCarty v. State of Mississippi · 247 So. 3d 260
• Erik Wayne Hollie v. State of Mississippi · 174 So. 3d 824
• Batiste v. State · 184 So. 3d 290
• Gillett v. State · 148 So. 3d 260
• James Curtis Clark v. State of Mississippi · 237 So. 3d 844

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