Bowers v. State

Decided July 13, 1978. Irving A. Levine wrote the opinion for the court.

389 A.2d 341 · Cited 103 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.

• People v. Barksdale · 503 P.2d 257
• Connally v. General Construction Co. · 269 U.S. 385
• Lanzetta v. New Jersey · 306 U.S. 451
• United States v. Mazurie · 419 U.S. 544
• Bowers v. State · 379 A.2d 748
• Papachristou v. City of Jacksonville · 405 U.S. 156
• Bouie v. City of Columbia · 378 U.S. 347
• McBoyle v. United States · 283 U.S. 25
• Grayned v. City of Rockford · 408 U.S. 104
• State v. Fabritz · 348 A.2d 275
• Alsager v. District Court of Polk Cty., Iowa · 406 F. Supp. 10
• Governor of the State v. Exxon Corp. · 370 A.2d 1102
• Harden v. Mass Transit Administration · 354 A.2d 817
• People v. Vandiver · 283 N.E.2d 681
• Carpenter v. Commonwealth · 186 Va. 851
• Fabian v. State · 201 A.2d 511
• City of Lakewood v. Pillow · 501 P.2d 744
• State v. Magaha · 32 A.2d 477
• Moore v. State · 291 A.2d 73
• State v. Black · 227 S.W.2d 1006
• Hinkle v. State · 127 Ind. 490
• State v. Cherry · 167 A.2d 328
• People v. Hoehl · 568 P.2d 484
• Hunter v. State · 360 N.E.2d 588
• State v. England · 349 P.2d 668

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• Ferro v. Lewis · 705 A.2d 311
• Wicomico County Department of Social Services v. B.A. · 141 A.3d 208
• Miller v. Maloney Concrete Co. · 491 A.2d 1218
• Newby v. United States · 797 A.2d 1233
• State v. Thorpe · 429 A.2d 785
• Ashton v. Brown · 339 Md. 70
• Pope v. State · 396 A.2d 1054
• Williams v. State · 616 A.2d 1275
• Mathis v. Hargrove · 888 A.2d 377
• Brown v. State · 910 A.2d 571
• McKENZIE AND GREEN v. State · 748 A.2d 67
• Ayers v. State · 645 A.2d 22
• State v. Taylor · 701 A.2d 389
• In Re Leroy T. · 403 A.2d 1226
• Tidewater/Havre De Grace, Inc. v. Mayor of Havre De Grace · 337 Md. 338
• Charles County Department of Social Services v. Vann · 855 A.2d 313
• State v. Sinica · 372 N.W.2d 445
• Barber v. Jefferson County Racing Ass'n, Inc. · 960 So. 2d 599
• People v. Jennings · 641 P.2d 276

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