McGowen v. State

Decided September 11, 2003. George C. Carlson Jr. wrote the opinion for the court.

859 So. 2d 320 · 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.

• Harrison v. State · 635 So. 2d 894
• Jackson v. State · 551 So. 2d 132
• Barnette v. State · 481 So. 2d 788
• MacKbee v. State · 575 So. 2d 16
• Holland v. State · 587 So. 2d 848
• May v. State · 460 So. 2d 778
• Holland v. State · 705 So. 2d 307
• Flowers v. State · 773 So. 2d 309
• Whittington v. State · 523 So. 2d 966
• Neal v. State · 451 So. 2d 743
• Nelms & Blum Co. v. Fink · 131 So. 817
• Slyter v. State · 149 So. 2d 489
• Riley v. State · 180 So. 2d 321
• McFee v. State · 511 So. 2d 130
• Davis v. State · 684 So. 2d 643
• Wells v. State · 698 So. 2d 497
• Brown v. State · 690 So. 2d 276
• Bevill v. State · 556 So. 2d 699
• Kolberg v. State · 704 So. 2d 1307
• Gray v. State · 351 So. 2d 1342
• Weatherspoon v. State · 732 So. 2d 158
• Shearer v. State · 423 So. 2d 824
• Goodson v. State · 566 So. 2d 1142
• Cummings v. State · 219 So. 2d 673
• Foster v. State · 716 So. 2d 538

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• David Lee Moore v. State of Mississippi · 194 So. 3d 881
• Vanessa Lynn Page v. State of Mississippi · 250 So. 3d 1276
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• Travaris Richard Christian v. State of Mississippi · 207 So. 3d 1207
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