King v. State

Decided November 16, 1964. Henry Lee Rodgers wrote the opinion for the court.

168 So. 2d 637 · Cited 86 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.

• Keeton v. State · 167 So. 68
• Garrett v. State · 193 So. 452
• Dalton v. State · 105 So. 748
• Buford v. State · 69 So. 2d 826
• Watts v. State · 49 So. 2d 240
• Blaine v. State · 17 So. 2d 549
• Eslick v. State · 119 So. 2d 355
• Blackwell v. State · 135 So. 192
• Triplett v. State · 132 So. 448
• Gatlin v. State · 68 So. 2d 291
• Baggett v. State · 219 Miss. 583
• Cates v. State · 157 So. 95
• Woodruff v. State · 220 Miss. 24
• Robinson v. State · 223 Miss. 303
• Stewart v. State · 155 So. 347
• Bradford v. State · 146 So. 635
• Shoemaker v. State · 222 Miss. 257
• Dent v. Luckett · 242 Miss. 559

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• Diddlemeyer v. State · 234 So. 2d 292
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• Viverett v. State · 269 So. 2d 862
• William Ray Parks v. State of Mississippi · 235 So. 3d 111
• Knight v. State · 204 So. 2d 566
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• Richard Simmons a/k/a Richard Devane Simmons v. State of Mississippi
• Taylor v. State · 672 So. 2d 1246
• Williams v. State · 544 So. 2d 782
• Lanier v. State · 450 So. 2d 69
• State v. Carter · 64 Ohio St. 3d 218
• Metcalf v. State · 629 So. 2d 558
• Jackson v. State · 423 So. 2d 129
• Kelly v. State · 463 So. 2d 1070
• Pool v. State · 483 So. 2d 331
• Shinall v. State · 199 So. 2d 251
• Colson v. Sims · 220 So. 2d 345
• Wells v. State · 305 So. 2d 333
• Parham v. State · 229 So. 2d 582
• Peterson v. State · 242 So. 2d 420
• Barnes v. State · 249 So. 2d 383
• Gilleylen v. State · 255 So. 2d 661
• Gerlach v. State · 466 So. 2d 75
• Woods v. State · 393 So. 2d 1319

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