May v. State

Decided June 5, 1967. Henry Lee Rodgers wrote the opinion for the court.

199 So. 2d 635 · Cited 67 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.

• Martin v. State · 64 So. 2d 629
• Pickett v. State · 104 So. 358
• Stokes v. State · 128 So. 2d 341
• Seals v. State · 44 So. 2d 61
• Bird v. State · 122 So. 539
• Hancock v. State · 47 So. 2d 833
• Hawkins v. State · 80 So. 2d 1
• Slyter v. State · 149 So. 2d 489
• Spears v. State · 175 So. 2d 158
• Coleman v. State · 67 So. 2d 304
• Lancaster v. State · 195 So. 320
• Sims v. State · 47 So. 2d 849
• Page v. State · 44 So. 2d 459
• Harris v. State · 63 So. 2d 396
• Joyce v. State · 87 So. 2d 92
• Thompson v. State · 121 So. 275
• Wood v. State · 144 So. 545
• Jones v. State · 155 So. 430
• Buie v. State · 217 Miss. 695
• Hughes v. State · 17 So. 2d 444
• Raines v. State · 81 Miss. 489
• Henry v. State · 154 So. 2d 289

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• Bullock v. State · 391 So. 2d 601
• Charles Ray Crawford v. State of Mississippi · 192 So. 3d 905
• Ford v. State · 227 So. 2d 454
• Irving v. State · 228 So. 2d 266
• Billiot v. State · 454 So. 2d 445
• McFee v. State · 511 So. 2d 130
• Spicer v. State · 921 So. 2d 292
• Kelly v. State · 463 So. 2d 1070
• People v. Jacobs · 729 P.2d 757
• Cummings v. State · 219 So. 2d 673
• Upshaw v. State · 350 So. 2d 1358
• Herron v. State · 287 So. 2d 759
• Cardwell v. State · 461 So. 2d 754
• Wolf v. State · 260 So. 2d 425
• Wright v. State · 236 So. 2d 408
• Griffin v. State · 292 So. 2d 159
• Holmes v. State · 483 So. 2d 684
• Baylor v. State · 246 So. 2d 516
• Butler v. State · 320 So. 2d 786
• Spurlin v. State · 218 So. 2d 876
• Reid v. State · 301 So. 2d 561
• Gordon v. State · 222 So. 2d 141

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