Griffin v. State

Decided February 14, 1990. Armis E. Hawkins wrote the opinion for the court.

557 So. 2d 542 · Cited 375 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.

• Caldwell v. Mississippi · 472 U.S. 320
• Hill v. State · 432 So. 2d 427
• Monroe v. State · 515 So. 2d 860
• Russell v. State · 189 So. 90
• Prince v. State · 93 Miss. 263
• Smith v. State · 87 Miss. 627
• Neal v. State · 451 So. 2d 743
• McFee v. State · 511 So. 2d 130
• Bullock v. State · 391 So. 2d 601
• Johnson v. State · 477 So. 2d 196
• Cole v. State · 525 So. 2d 365
• Nixon v. State · 533 So. 2d 1078
• Mease v. State · 539 So. 2d 1324
• Woodward v. State · 533 So. 2d 418
• West v. State · 485 So. 2d 681
• Irving v. State · 498 So. 2d 305
• Kelly v. State · 463 So. 2d 1070
• Davis v. State · 406 So. 2d 795
• Clark v. State · 260 So. 2d 445
• Koch v. State · 506 So. 2d 269

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