Cooke v. State

Decided July 21, 2009. Myron T. Steele wrote the opinion for the court.

977 A.2d 803 · Cited 132 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.

• Florida v. Nixon · 543 U.S. 175
• United States v. Cronic · 466 U.S. 648
• Brookhart v. Janis · 384 U.S. 1
• In Re the State for a Writ of Mandamus · 918 A.2d 1151
• State v. Carter · 14 P.3d 1138
• Red Dog v. State · 620 A.2d 848
• Johnson v. Zerbst · 304 U.S. 458
• Glasser v. United States · 315 U.S. 60
• Betts v. Brady · 316 U.S. 455
• Avery v. Alabama · 308 U.S. 444
• New York v. Hill · 528 U.S. 110
• Lopez-Vazquez v. State · 956 A.2d 1280
• People v. Frierson · 705 P.2d 396
• Weber v. State · 971 A.2d 135
• Gideon v. Wainwright · 372 U.S. 335
• Reece v. Georgia · 350 U.S. 85
• Pruitt v. State · 514 S.E.2d 639
• State v. Hedges · 8 P.3d 1259
• State v. Jenkins · 257 Kan. 1074
• Norman v. State · 976 A.2d 843
• Chavous v. State · 953 A.2d 282
• Affronti v. United States · 350 U.S. 79
• Arko v. People · 183 P.3d 555
• Somerville v. State · 703 A.2d 629
• Flamer v. State · 585 A.2d 736

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• Edwards v. State · 88 So. 3d 368
• Taylor v. State · 28 A.3d 399
• Scott v. State · 7 A.3d 471
• McCoy v. Louisiana · 584 U.S. 414
• People v. Flores · 246 Cal. Rptr. 3d 77
• Patrick v. Phelps · 764 F. Supp. 2d 669
• Reed v. State
• Thomas v. State
• Flonnory v. State · 109 A.3d 1060
• State v. Maready · 695 S.E.2d 771
• Taylor v. State · 213 A.3d 560
• Sahin v. State · 72 A.3d 111
• Godwin v. State
• Taylor v. State
• Cooke v. State · 97 A.3d 513
• Bradley v. State · 51 A.3d 423
• State v. Flowers · 150 A.3d 276
• Hoskins v. State · 102 A.3d 724
• Brooks v. State · 40 A.3d 346
• Rivera v. State · 7 A.3d 961
• Purnell v. State · 106 A.3d 337
• Kirkley v. State · 41 A.3d 372
• Cohen v. State ex rel. Stewart · 89 A.3d 65
• State of Louisiana v. Robert Leroy McCoy · 218 So. 3d 535
• Sahin v. State · 7 A.3d 450

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