Commonwealth Ex Rel. Banks v. Cain

Decided September 28, 1942. Horace Stern wrote the opinion for the court.

28 A.2d 897 · Cited 156 times

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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.

• Miller v. State · 149 Ind. 607
• Ware v. Sanders · 146 Iowa 233
• Commonwealth v. Quaranta · 145 A. 89
• State v. Duff · 144 Iowa 142
• Commonwealth v. Sweeney · 127 A. 226
• In re Patterson · 94 Kan. 439
• People v. Roth · 249 Ill. 532
• Cohn v. Ketchum · 17 S.E.2d 43
• Anderson v. Corall · 263 U.S. 193
• People v. . Adams · 68 N.E. 636
• Commonwealth v. Ashe · 182 A. 229
• The People v. Mikula · 192 N.E. 544
• People v. Hale · 222 P.2d 148

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