Meshell v. State

Decided April 22, 1987. Michael D. Sullivan wrote the opinion for the court.

506 So. 2d 989 · Cited 102 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.

• Duke v. State · 243 Miss. 602
• Rucker v. State · 158 So. 2d 39
• Dooley v. State · 238 Miss. 16
• Fairchild v. State · 459 So. 2d 793
• Pittman v. State · 297 So. 2d 888
• Fairley v. State · 467 So. 2d 894
• Davis v. State · 472 So. 2d 428
• Alston v. State · 258 So. 2d 436
• Penton v. State · 114 So. 2d 381
• Hopper v. State · 54 So. 2d 165
• Land v. State · 156 So. 2d 8
• Coachman v. State · 114 So. 2d 189

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• Wade v. State · 724 So. 2d 1007
• Williams v. State · 64 So. 3d 1029
• McINTOSH v. State · 749 So. 2d 1235
• Verner v. State · 812 So. 2d 1147
• Caldwell v. State · 6 So. 3d 1076
• Wooten v. State · 811 So. 2d 355
• Al-Fatah v. State · 856 So. 2d 494
• McLarty v. State · 842 So. 2d 590
• Davis v. State · 811 So. 2d 346
• Wilson v. State · 797 So. 2d 277
• Wilder v. State · 118 So. 3d 628
• Coleman v. State · 788 So. 2d 788
• Ivory v. State · 840 So. 2d 755
• Lewis v. State · 110 So. 3d 814
• Meshell v. State · 832 So. 2d 1244
• Carle v. State · 864 So. 2d 993
• Bailey v. State · 785 So. 2d 1071
• Lane v. State · 841 So. 2d 1163
• Gardner v. State · 792 So. 2d 1000
• Wilson v. State · 83 So. 3d 421
• Cornell Stubbs v. State of Mississippi · 220 So. 3d 1014
• Pitts v. State · 832 So. 2d 1281

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