Jones v. State

Decided January 30, 1980. Neville Patterson wrote the opinion for the court.

381 So. 2d 983 · Cited 362 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.

• Johnson v. Zerbst · 304 U.S. 458
• Irving v. State · 361 So. 2d 1360
• Jordan v. State · 365 So. 2d 1198
• Voyles v. State · 362 So. 2d 1236
• Gray v. State · 351 So. 2d 1342
• Nelms & Blum Co. v. Fink · 131 So. 817
• State v. Thornhill · 171 So. 2d 308
• Fisher v. State · 116 So. 746
• Danner v. Mid-State Paving Co. · 173 So. 2d 608
• Lifer v. State · 199 So. 107
• Autry v. State · 92 So. 2d 856
• Young v. State · 212 Miss. 460
• McNeer v. State · 228 Miss. 308
• Gray v. State · 375 So. 2d 994
• Buckley v. State · 223 So. 2d 524
• Myers v. State · 268 So. 2d 353
• Feranda v. State · 267 So. 2d 305
• Morgan v. United States Fidelity & Guaranty Company · 222 So. 2d 820
• McCray v. State · 293 So. 2d 807
• McCaskill v. State · 227 So. 2d 847
• McMullen v. State · 291 So. 2d 537
• Ivy v. State · 301 So. 2d 292
• Brewer v. State · 233 So. 2d 779
• Moore v. State · 291 So. 2d 187
• Isonhood v. State · 274 So. 2d 685

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• William Michael Jordan v. State of Mississippi · 212 So. 3d 836
• Hubbard v. State · 886 So. 2d 12
• Booth v. State · 507 A.2d 1098
• Reed v. State · 764 So. 2d 496
• Jones v. Thigpen · 555 F. Supp. 870
• Reddix v. State · 381 So. 2d 999
• McGilberry v. State · 741 So. 2d 894
• Hersick v. State · 904 So. 2d 116
• Ballenger v. State · 667 So. 2d 1242
• Billiot v. State · 454 So. 2d 445
• Leatherwood v. State · 435 So. 2d 645
• Hill v. State · 432 So. 2d 427
• Davis v. State · 684 So. 2d 643
• Wells v. State · 698 So. 2d 497
• Howell v. State · 860 So. 2d 704
• Tokman v. State · 435 So. 2d 664
• Keller v. State · 138 So. 3d 817
• Scott v. State · 529 A.2d 340
• Erik Wayne Hollie v. State of Mississippi · 174 So. 3d 824
• Bruce v. State · 746 So. 2d 901
• Woodward v. State · 726 So. 2d 524
• Stevens v. State · 806 So. 2d 1031
• Wells v. State · 698 So. 2d 497
• State v. Ramseur · 524 A.2d 188
• Neal v. State · 451 So. 2d 743

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