Cannaday v. State

Decided May 16, 1984. Lenore L. Prather wrote the opinion for the court.

455 So. 2d 713 · Cited 305 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.

• Brookhart v. Janis · 384 U.S. 1
• Johnson v. Zerbst · 304 U.S. 458
• Glasser v. United States · 315 U.S. 60
• Edwards v. State · 441 So. 2d 84
• Petition of Broom for Writ of Error · 168 So. 2d 44
• Edmonds v. Delta Democrat Publishing Co. · 221 Miss. 785
• Jones v. State · 381 So. 2d 983
• Irving v. State · 361 So. 2d 1360
• Hill v. State · 432 So. 2d 427
• Tokman v. State · 435 So. 2d 664
• Stringer v. State · 279 So. 2d 156
• Pittman v. State · 297 So. 2d 888
• In Re Jordan · 390 So. 2d 584
• Myers v. State · 268 So. 2d 353
• Washington v. Greenville Mfg. & MacHine Works · 223 So. 2d 642
• State v. Stewart · 292 So. 2d 677
• Jones v. Thigpen · 555 F. Supp. 870
• Johnson v. State · 416 So. 2d 679
• Murphree v. Hudnall · 278 So. 2d 427
• Watson v. State · 196 So. 2d 893
• Murphree v. State · 222 So. 2d 694

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