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Grooms v. State

Decided June 2, 1982. Francis G. Dunn wrote the opinion for the court.

320 N.W.2d 149 · Cited 55 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.

State v. McBride · 296 N.W.2d 551
State v. Johnson · 139 N.W.2d 232
State v. Pieschke · 262 N.W.2d 40
Gideon v. Wainwright · 372 U.S. 335
Shipman v. Gladden · 453 P.2d 921
State v. Roth · 166 N.W.2d 564
Crowe v. State · 194 N.W.2d 234
State v. Walker · 287 N.W.2d 705
State v. Nelson · 310 N.W.2d 777
State v. Beene · 257 N.W.2d 589
State v. Brown · 285 N.W.2d 848
Brim v. State · 290 N.W.2d 680
State v. Scott · 492 S.W.2d 168

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State v. Tchida · 347 N.W.2d 338
Miller v. State · 338 N.W.2d 673
High Elk v. State · 344 N.W.2d 497
Williams v. State · 349 N.W.2d 58
Miller v. State · 344 N.W.2d 78
Evitts v. Lucey · 469 U.S. 387
State v. Rufener · 392 N.W.2d 424
State v. Luna · 378 N.W.2d 229
State v. Dornbusch · 384 N.W.2d 682
Woods v. Solem · 405 N.W.2d 59
State v. Anderson · 387 N.W.2d 544
State v. Iverson · 364 N.W.2d 518
New v. Weber · 1999 SD 125
Rodriguez v. Weber · 2000 SD 128
State v. Hammond · 357 N.W.2d 278
State v. Grooms · 339 N.W.2d 318
State v. Grooms · 359 N.W.2d 901
Gross v. Solem · 446 N.W.2d 49
State v. Pearson · 368 N.W.2d 804
State v. Laib · 397 N.W.2d 658
Smith v. Weber · 2005 SD 85

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