Monroe v. State

Decided September 9, 1987. Joseph Ruble Griffin wrote the opinion for the court.

515 So. 2d 860 · Cited 60 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.

• Yarbrough v. State · 70 Miss. 593
• Fairchild v. State · 459 So. 2d 793
• Presley v. State · 474 So. 2d 612
• Reddick v. State · 72 Miss. 1008
• Gurley v. State · 101 Miss. 190
• Brown v. State · 77 So. 2d 694
• Prince v. State · 93 Miss. 263
• Chatman v. State · 145 So. 2d 707
• Harris v. State · 96 Miss. 379
• West v. State · 485 So. 2d 681
• Harper v. State · 478 So. 2d 1017
• Burt v. State · 493 So. 2d 1325
• Harbin v. State · 478 So. 2d 796
• Davis v. State · 406 So. 2d 795
• Friday v. State · 462 So. 2d 336
• McGowan v. State · 269 So. 2d 645
• Messer v. State · 483 So. 2d 338
• Smith v. State · 87 Miss. 627
• Watkins v. State · 500 So. 2d 462
• Russell v. State · 391 So. 2d 987

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• Evans v. State · 725 So. 2d 613
• MacKbee v. State · 575 So. 2d 16
• Mease v. State · 539 So. 2d 1324
• Collins v. State · 691 So. 2d 918
• Thorson v. State · 653 So. 2d 876
• Jackson v. State · 551 So. 2d 132
• Yates v. State · 685 So. 2d 715
• Shields v. State · 702 So. 2d 380
• King v. State · 530 So. 2d 1356
• McCollum v. State · 757 So. 2d 982
• Perkins v. State · 788 So. 2d 826
• Reed v. State · 523 So. 2d 62
• Theodosius M. Torrey v. State of Mississippi · 229 So. 3d 156
• Biggers v. State · 741 So. 2d 1003
• Frazier v. State · 770 So. 2d 986
• Laquon Fluker a/k/a Laquon Akeem Fluker a/k/a Laquan Akeem Fluker v. State of Mississippi

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