Booker v. State

Decided September 4, 1997. James W. Smith Jr. wrote the opinion for the court.

699 So. 2d 132 · Cited 148 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.

• Caldwell v. Mississippi · 472 U.S. 320
• King v. State · 656 So. 2d 1168
• Booker v. State · 449 So. 2d 209
• Wilcher v. State · 635 So. 2d 789
• Taylor v. State · 672 So. 2d 1246
• Davis v. State · 660 So. 2d 1228
• Clemons v. State · 593 So. 2d 1004
• Pinkney v. State · 602 So. 2d 1177
• Wiley v. State · 635 So. 2d 802
• Woodward v. State · 635 So. 2d 805
• Patterson v. State · 594 So. 2d 606
• Booker v. State · 511 So. 2d 1329
• Hill v. State · 659 So. 2d 547
• Irving v. State · 618 So. 2d 58
• Gilliard v. State · 614 So. 2d 370
• Nixon v. State · 641 So. 2d 751
• Jackson v. State · 506 So. 2d 994
• Brown v. State · 643 So. 2d 937
• Davis v. State · 655 So. 2d 864

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• Lynch v. State · 877 So. 2d 1254
• Simmons v. State · 805 So. 2d 452
• Underwood v. State · 708 So. 2d 18
• Howell v. State · 860 So. 2d 704
• McGilberry v. State · 741 So. 2d 894
• Goff v. State · 14 So. 3d 625
• Spicer v. State · 921 So. 2d 292
• Goodin v. State · 787 So. 2d 639
• Batiste v. State · 121 So. 3d 808
• Manning v. State · 765 So. 2d 516
• Eskridge v. State · 765 So. 2d 508
• Pitchford v. State · 45 So. 3d 216
• Dycus v. State · 875 So. 2d 140
• Gillett v. State · 56 So. 3d 469
• Knox v. State · 805 So. 2d 527
• Corrothers v. State · 148 So. 3d 278
• Moffett v. State · 49 So. 3d 1073
• Keller v. State · 138 So. 3d 817
• Ronk v. State · 172 So. 3d 1112
• Abdur Rahim Ambrose v. State of Mississippi · 254 So. 3d 77
• Timothy Nelson Evans v. State of Mississippi · 226 So. 3d 1
• King v. State · 960 So. 2d 413

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