Brooks v. State

Decided January 4, 1971. William Nathaniel Ethridge Jr. wrote the opinion for the court.

242 So. 2d 865 · Cited 50 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.

• English v. State · 39 So. 2d 876
• Lee v. State · 146 So. 2d 736
• Marr v. State · 159 So. 2d 167
• Jaquith v. Beckwith · 157 So. 2d 403
• Love v. State · 107 So. 667
• State v. Schut · 429 P.2d 126
• Eslick v. State · 119 So. 2d 355
• Gillespie v. State · 61 So. 2d 150
• Lauderdale v. State · 85 So. 2d 822
• Wilson v. State · 140 So. 2d 275
• Doss v. State · 126 So. 197
• Tarrants v. State · 236 So. 2d 360

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• McQueen v. State · 423 So. 2d 800
• Christian v. State · 456 So. 2d 729
• Williams v. State · 427 So. 2d 100
• Boone v. State · 291 So. 2d 182
• Miley v. State · 935 So. 2d 998
• Reid v. State · 266 So. 2d 21
• Butler v. State · 320 So. 2d 786
• Elmore v. State · 510 So. 2d 127
• Mississippi State Federation of Colored Women's Club Housing for the Elderly in Clinton, Inc. v. in the Interest of L.R. · 62 So. 3d 351
• Taylor v. State · 122 So. 3d 707
• Lovejoy v. State · 555 So. 2d 57
• Conn v. State · 260 So. 2d 471
• Engbrecht v. State · 268 So. 2d 507
• Green v. State · 412 So. 2d 758
• Barrett v. State · 886 So. 2d 22

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