Chase v. State

Decided August 7, 1997. James W. Smith Jr. wrote the opinion for the court.

699 So. 2d 521 · Cited 61 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.

• Chase v. State · 645 So. 2d 829
• Hansen v. State · 592 So. 2d 114
• Wiley v. State · 517 So. 2d 1373
• Nixon v. State · 533 So. 2d 1078
• Faraga v. State · 514 So. 2d 295
• JEB v. Alabama Ex Rel. TB · 511 U.S. 127
• Taylor v. State · 672 So. 2d 1246
• Carr v. State · 655 So. 2d 824
• MacK v. State · 650 So. 2d 1289
• State v. Tokman · 564 So. 2d 1339
• Leatherwood v. State · 473 So. 2d 964
• Woodward v. State · 635 So. 2d 805
• State v. Smith · 392 S.E.2d 362
• Mattox v. State · 128 So. 2d 368
• Billiot v. State · 454 So. 2d 445
• Leatherwood v. State · 435 So. 2d 645
• Hunter v. State · 684 So. 2d 625
• Foster v. State · 687 So. 2d 1124
• King v. State · 503 So. 2d 271
• Quinlivan v. State · 579 So. 2d 1386

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• Chase v. State · 873 So. 2d 1013
• Garrett v. State · 110 So. 3d 790
• Goff v. State · 14 So. 3d 625
• Doss v. State · 882 So. 2d 176
• Powers v. State · 883 So. 2d 20
• Long v. State · 52 So. 3d 1188
• Ricky Chase v. State of Mississippi · 171 So. 3d 463
• Walker v. State · 880 So. 2d 1074
• Belk v. State · 8 So. 3d 272
• Holland v. Anderson · 439 F. Supp. 2d 644
• McLaughlin v. State · 789 So. 2d 113
• Berry v. State · 802 So. 2d 1033
• Avery v. State · 835 So. 2d 125
• Lionel Mannly Arnold a/k/a Lionel Arnold a/k/a Unique v. State of Mississippi

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