State Supreme Court / Wis.

Donaldson v. State

Decided January 8, 1980. Ronald B. Day wrote the opinion for the court.

286 N.W.2d 817 · Cited 89 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.

Drinkwater v. State · 230 N.W.2d 126
Bruneau v. State · 252 N.W.2d 347
Guyton v. State · 230 N.W.2d 726
Smith v. State · 271 N.W.2d 20
Klimas v. State · 249 N.W.2d 285
State v. Tollefson · 270 N.W.2d 201
State v. Wilson · 252 N.W.2d 64
Drewniak v. State Ex Rel. Jacquest · 1 N.W.2d 899
Clark v. State · 286 N.W.2d 344
Prechel v. City of Monroe · 161 N.W.2d 373
Notz v. Everett Smith Group, Ltd. · 2009 WI 30

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Grobarchik v. State · 307 N.W.2d 170
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