Covington v. State

Decided July 26, 1985. James Keith Singleton Jr. wrote the opinion for the court.

703 P.2d 436 · Cited 96 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.

• State v. Petrich · 683 P.2d 173
• Burke v. State · 624 P.2d 1240
• Commonwealth v. Bohannon · 378 N.E.2d 987
• State v. James · 698 P.2d 1161
• People v. Fritts · 72 Cal. App. 3d 319
• State v. Demos · 619 P.2d 968
• State v. Pace · 212 P.2d 755
• State v. Hutchinson · 688 P.2d 209
• People v. Creighton · 57 Cal. App. 3d 314
• People v. MacAfee · 76 A.D.2d 157
• State v. Wonser · 537 P.2d 197
• State v. Anderson · 686 P.2d 193
• Lupro v. State · 603 P.2d 468
• Dyer v. State · 666 P.2d 438
• State v. Healey · 562 S.W.2d 118
• Price v. State · 437 P.2d 330
• Adkins v. State · 389 P.2d 915
• Burrell v. United States · 455 A.2d 1373
• James v. State · 671 P.2d 885

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• United States v. Stamper · 766 F. Supp. 1396
• Morgan v. State · 54 P.3d 332
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• Phillips v. State · 545 So. 2d 221
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