Commonwealth v. English

Decided June 17, 1999. William S. Cooper wrote the opinion for the court.

993 S.W.2d 941 · Cited 1,274 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.

• Huddleston v. United States · 485 U.S. 681
• Grey v. State · 404 N.E.2d 1348
• State v. Hipps · 501 S.E.2d 625
• State v. Frazier · 476 S.E.2d 297
• State v. Breazeale · 714 P.2d 1356
• State v. Howell · 470 S.E.2d 38
• Tamme v. Commonwealth · 973 S.W.2d 13
• Hicks v. State · 690 N.E.2d 215
• Partin v. Commonwealth · 918 S.W.2d 219
• Sanders v. Commonwealth · 801 S.W.2d 665
• Pendleton v. Commonwealth · 685 S.W.2d 549
• Billings v. Commonwealth · 843 S.W.2d 890
• Kuprion v. Fitzgerald · 888 S.W.2d 679
• Adrian v. People · 770 P.2d 1243
• Rake v. Commonwealth · 450 S.W.2d 527
• Lear v. Commonwealth · 884 S.W.2d 657

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