State Supreme Court / Mont.

Hans v. State

Decided July 2, 1997. W. William Leaphart wrote the opinion for the court.

283 Mont. 379 · Cited 60 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. Finney · 931 P.2d 1300
People v. Casassa · 49 N.Y.2d 668
State v. Gratzer · 682 P.2d 141
Tecca v. McCormick · 806 P.2d 11
Hagan v. State · 873 P.2d 1385
State v. Smith · 261 Mont. 419
State v. Gonzales · 926 P.2d 705
State v. Denny · 865 P.2d 226
Kills on Top v. State · 901 P.2d 1368
State v. Hess · 828 P.2d 382
Daines v. Knight · 888 P.2d 904
State v. Lewis · 582 P.2d 346
State v. Black · 798 P.2d 530
State v. Baker · 901 P.2d 54
State v. Boyer · 695 P.2d 829
State v. Azure · 573 P.2d 179
State v. Sheppard · 890 P.2d 754
State v. Coates · 786 P.2d 1182
In Re Marriage of Stufft · 916 P.2d 767
State v. Senn · 795 P.2d 973
State v. Johnson · 907 P.2d 150
In Re the Marriage of Purdy · 764 P.2d 857
State v. Davidson · 880 P.2d 1331
State v. Dumlao · 715 P.2d 822
Broeckel v. State · 900 P.2d 1205

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Later opinions in our collection that cite this decision.

State v. A. Smith · 2025 MT 281
Petition of Hans · 1998 MT 7
State v. Turner · 2000 MT 270
Bone v. State · 944 P.2d 734
Dawson v. State · 2000 MT 219
State v. Thee · 2001 MT 294
State v. Charles McFarlane · 2008 MT 18
State v. Boucher · 1999 MT 102
Hardin v. State · 2006 MT 272
State v. Bryan Lemay · 2011 MT 323
Foston v. State · 2010 MT 281
State v. Adams · 2002 MT 202
State v. Prindle · 2013 MT 173
Whitlow v. State · 2008 MT 140
Stevens v. State · 2007 MT 137
In re D.A.S. · 973 S.W.2d 296
State v. Kougl · 323 Mont. 6
State v. Kougl · 2004 MT 243
State v. White · 2001 MT 149
Hagen v. State · 1999 MT 8
In Re Kevin S. · 6 Cal. Rptr. 3d 178
State v. Wright · 2001 MT 282
Adams v. State · 2007 MT 35
State v. Martin · 2001 MT 83
Vernon Kills on Top v. State · 2000 MT 340

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