Jackson v. State

Decided July 6, 1989. James L. Robertson wrote the opinion for the court.

551 So. 2d 132 · Cited 116 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.

• Whittington v. State · 523 So. 2d 966
• Beazell v. Ohio · 269 U.S. 167
• Commonwealth v. Hodgkins · 520 N.E.2d 145
• Hopt v. People of Territory of Utah · 110 U.S. 574
• Thompson v. Missouri · 171 U.S. 380
• Mease v. State · 539 So. 2d 1324
• State v. Johnson · 192 So. 2d 135
• State v. Ortega · 419 P.2d 219
• Commonwealth v. Peters · 373 A.2d 1055
• People v. Sexton · 555 P.2d 1151
• Jackson Yellow Cab Co. v. Alexander · 148 So. 2d 674
• State v. Keithley · 418 N.W.2d 212
• Ming v. City of Jackson · 31 So. 2d 900
• Calder v. Bull · 3 U.S. 386
• Neal v. State · 451 So. 2d 743
• May v. State · 460 So. 2d 778
• Lanier v. State · 533 So. 2d 473
• Nixon v. State · 533 So. 2d 1078
• Fairchild v. State · 459 So. 2d 793
• Harper v. State · 478 So. 2d 1017
• Miller v. State · 741 S.W.2d 382
• Jenkins v. State · 507 So. 2d 89
• Winters v. State · 473 So. 2d 452
• Hendricks v. James · 421 So. 2d 1031
• Temple v. State · 498 So. 2d 379

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• McGowen v. State · 859 So. 2d 320
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• Grace Ann McCarty v. State of Mississippi · 247 So. 3d 260
• Hye v. State · 162 So. 3d 750
• De La Beckwith v. State · 707 So. 2d 547
• Reynolds v. State · 658 So. 2d 852
• Charles Bester v. State of Mississippi · 188 So. 3d 526
• McKnight v. State · 738 So. 2d 312
• Hosey v. State · 77 So. 3d 507
• Cannon v. State · 918 So. 2d 734
• Vincent Young v. State of Mississippi · 245 So. 3d 510
• State Ex Rel. Moore v. Molpus · 578 So. 2d 624
• Davis v. State · 586 So. 2d 817
• Cowart v. State · 178 So. 3d 651
• Eric James Foster v. State of Mississippi · 148 So. 3d 1012
• Birkley v. State · 750 So. 2d 1245
• Jennifer Carter v. Josh Carter · 204 So. 3d 747
• State v. Strauss · 2003 MT 195
• Hampton v. State · 148 So. 3d 992
• Cain v. McKinnon · 552 So. 2d 91
• Rebecca Lynn Jones v. State of Mississippi · 154 So. 3d 872
• Redhead v. Entergy Mississippi, Inc. · 828 So. 2d 801
• Shelton v. State · 728 So. 2d 105
• Booker v. State · 64 So. 3d 965

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