Jefferson v. State

Decided November 22, 1989. James L. Robertson wrote the opinion for the court.

556 So. 2d 1016 · Cited 174 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.

• Box v. State · 241 So. 2d 158
• Gangl v. State · 539 So. 2d 132
• Johnson v. State · 512 So. 2d 1246
• State v. Minton · 149 N.W.2d 384
• Sanders v. State · 440 So. 2d 278
• Alexander v. State · 226 So. 2d 905
• Bynum v. State · 76 So. 2d 821
• Criddle v. State · 165 So. 2d 339
• Wood v. State · 354 So. 2d 1122
• Wilcher v. State · 118 So. 356
• Neal v. State · 451 So. 2d 743
• Gray v. State · 375 So. 2d 994
• Harper v. State · 478 So. 2d 1017
• Perkins v. State · 487 So. 2d 791
• Edwards v. Thigpen · 433 So. 2d 906
• Jones v. State · 279 So. 2d 650
• Auman v. State · 271 So. 2d 427
• Winters v. State · 244 So. 2d 1

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• Senque Wright v. State of Mississippi · 271 So. 3d 560
• McClurg v. State · 758 So. 2d 473
• Chapell v. State · 107 So. 3d 1003
• Ross v. State · 87 So. 3d 1080
• Young v. State · 859 So. 2d 1025
• Sanders v. State · 34 So. 3d 1200
• Brewer v. State · 920 So. 2d 546
• Knight v. State · 956 So. 2d 264
• Metheny v. State · 755 A.2d 1088
• Fulgham v. State · 46 So. 3d 315
• Joiner v. State · 61 So. 3d 156
• Robert Carson v. State of Mississippi · 212 So. 3d 22
• Richardson v. State · 769 So. 2d 230
• Kincaid v. State · 711 So. 2d 873
• Ladd v. State · 87 So. 3d 1108
• Burrell v. State · 727 So. 2d 761
• Craig D. Sallie v. State of Mississippi · 155 So. 3d 760
• Culbert v. State · 800 So. 2d 546
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