State Supreme Court / Miss.

Collins v. State

Decided January 30, 1997. James W. Smith Jr. wrote the opinion for the court.

691 So. 2d 918 · Cited 191 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.

JEB v. Alabama Ex Rel. TB · 511 U.S. 127
Morissette v. United States · 342 U.S. 246
MacK v. State · 650 So. 2d 1289
Fairchild v. State · 459 So. 2d 793
Garnett v. State · 632 A.2d 797
State v. Campbell · 473 N.W.2d 420
State v. Fulks · 160 N.W.2d 418
State v. Stiffler · 788 P.2d 220
State v. Ayer · 136 N.H. 191
Washington v. State · 645 So. 2d 915
Jenkins v. State · 877 P.2d 1063
State v. Plude · 30 Conn. App. 527
State v. Davis · 108 N.H. 158
People v. Green · 514 P.2d 769
Guinyard v. State · 195 S.E.2d 392
Tant v. State · 281 S.E.2d 357
Mease v. State · 539 So. 2d 1324
Duplantis v. State · 644 So. 2d 1235
Hickombottom v. State · 409 So. 2d 1337
Monroe v. State · 515 So. 2d 860
Commonwealth v. Moore · 269 N.E.2d 636
State v. Tague · 310 N.W.2d 209
State v. Stokely · 842 S.W.2d 77
State v. Sorakrai · 543 So. 2d 294

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Davis v. State · 933 So. 2d 304
McGilberry v. State · 741 So. 2d 894
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Fulgham v. State · 46 So. 3d 315
Curtis Giovanni Flowers v. State of Mississippi · 158 So. 3d 1009
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In re B.W. · 313 S.W.3d 818
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