Means v. State

Decided August 26, 2010. James Earl Graves Jr. wrote the opinion for the court.

43 So. 3d 438 · Cited 72 times

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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.

• MacKey v. State · 37 So. 3d 1161
• Means v. State · 43 So. 3d 461
• Cooper v. Oklahoma · 517 U.S. 348
• Louisville & Nashville Railroad v. Barber Asphalt Paving Co. · 197 U.S. 430
• Harvey v. Dunaway Bros. · 232 Miss. 89
• Rowland v. State · 42 So. 3d 503
• Bank of Mississippi v. SOUTHERN MEMORIAL PARK, INC. · 677 So. 2d 186
• Cossitt v. Alfa Ins. Corp. · 726 So. 2d 132
• Crosby v. State · 16 So. 3d 74
• Stovall v. State · 873 So. 2d 1056
• Rutherford v. Blankenship · 468 F. Supp. 1357
• Walker v. Jones County Community Hospital · 253 So. 2d 385
• Estate of McCullough v. Yates · 32 So. 3d 403
• Simoneaux v. State · 29 So. 3d 26
• Hamm v. State · 758 So. 2d 1042
• Fontaine v. Pickle · 254 So. 2d 769
• Beamon v. State · 9 So. 3d 376
• K.N.L. v. State · 803 So. 2d 1245

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• James Lee Thomas v. State of Mississippi · 270 So. 3d 96
• Wilson v. State · 76 So. 3d 733
• Bosarge v. State · 141 So. 3d 24
• James F. Putnam v. State of Mississippi · 212 So. 3d 86
• Bell v. State · 66 So. 3d 90
• Johnston v. State · 172 So. 3d 756
• Michael Brian Balle v. State of Mississippi · 205 So. 3d 1087
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