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Drew v. State

Decided September 30, 1987. John Frank Onion Jr. wrote the opinion for the court.

743 S.W.2d 207 · Cited 420 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.

Whitmore v. State · 570 S.W.2d 889
Etter v. State · 679 S.W.2d 511
Fierro v. State · 706 S.W.2d 310
United States v. Nixon · 418 U.S. 683
Garcia v. Dial · 596 S.W.2d 524
Wilson v. State · 654 S.W.2d 465
Dugard v. State · 688 S.W.2d 524
Bodde v. State · 568 S.W.2d 344
Franklin v. State · 693 S.W.2d 420
Brown v. State · 692 S.W.2d 497
Smith v. State · 676 S.W.2d 379
Jones v. State · 711 S.W.2d 35
Goodman v. State · 701 S.W.2d 850
Thomas v. State · 578 S.W.2d 691
Sanchez v. State · 589 S.W.2d 422
Carter v. State · 717 S.W.2d 60
Sharp v. State · 707 S.W.2d 611
Alejandro v. State · 493 S.W.2d 230
Cannon v. State · 668 S.W.2d 401
Russell v. State · 665 S.W.2d 771
Smith v. State · 683 S.W.2d 393
Cannon v. State · 691 S.W.2d 664
Burns v. State · 556 S.W.2d 270
Denison v. State · 651 S.W.2d 754
Mitchell v. State · 650 S.W.2d 801

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